A Teesdale Wander

Another beautiful Spring day here today so I stayed local to do a route in Baldersdale which is a side dale off Teesdale. I actually followed a route from Paul Hannon's book of Walks in Teesdale which we now stock here at the gallery. It is a route of about 5 miles which takes you over the Millstone outcrop of Goldsborough which happens to be on the Bowes Loop section of the Pennine Way. I should be able to get the rest of the photos onto the website tomorrow.

The rocky outcrop of Goldsborough.

Cauldron Snout

The weather was perfect today for a visit to Upper Teesdale and a walk round to the impressive waterfall of Cauldron Snout. Part of this route is on the long distance footpath of The Pennine Way which for quite a time closely follows the bank of the River Tees. This area of Teesdale is part of the Moor House Nature Reserve and is a prime site for the rare Black Grouse.

I have posted more photographs and a short video on the website.Cauldron Snout, The Teesdsale Gallery

Icicles near Bowes

Today was a day for a short walk from home. I planned to head west towards God's Bridge, a natural Limestone bridge across the River Greta. There was plenty of snow about, in fact the A66 has been shut west of Bowes for about a week now. My route would take me past an interesting feature, a large wall of icicles on the bank of the river formed by the slowly dripping water off the fields above freezing. It was impressive enough last year so hopefully after this long spell of low tempreatures it will be just as good.

and I wasn't wrong! if you wish to see the full set of photographs then click on this link.

God's Bridge and Icicles