StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: walk

That's a LOT of water ! No wonder we could hear it thundering, as we approached ... As a means of protecting the piers from scour in spate conditions like these, the area under the bridge is paved [concreted] over and the drop over the weir is "cushioned" by some large lumps of rock. Note that the viaduct crosses at an angle, hence the "corner" in the over the far side ...

Looking at the river, the level is quite high and the noise was something else. Note the life ring - that weir has a wicked undertow in conditions like these, and the water is cascading onto some sizable rocks.

View along the footpath route across the top of the Alston Arches - I didn't measure the gap, so I'm now wondering if those gutters are marking the route of the rails that once went here ? Glad to see that there is a water resistant surface up here ...

View from the Arches, upstream along the River South Tyne. There's quite a flow, as seen from the south bank earlier. The white structure [see : NOTE] in the image is actually the Environment Agency's monitoring station for the river / flow level. [EA was formerly the National River Authority]

The Transport Trust have awarded the Alston Arches a red plaque to mark the site's designation as a "Transport Heritage Site"

Commemorating the viaduct's history, restoration by the North Pennines Heritage Trust and a new life as a footpath route.

Somewhat worse for wear / the weather is this interpretation board - the historic images make it most informative ...

I believe this buffer stop marks the extent of the coal drop / siding behind what is now Kilfrost [aka Albion Works]. {It faces west, towards Haltwhistle Station, and part of the route appears to have been excavated away} Note : I have been told that the Varnish Works - a little further east from here - was also served by a siding from Haltwhistle Station, but that route is not obvious "on the ground" ... Ignoring the 2ft line that served the quarries on Hadrian's Wall with a route alongside the Haltwhistle Burn.

To my surprise, the camera managed to capture the details of this artwork of the Alston Arches, which I didn't really see so well by eyesight.

Bella galloping towards me ... luckily she was slowed down a bit coming up the short slope to meet me.

Bella pausing "in the rough" down by the riverside. This area has had some maintenance & is regularly walked over, which keeps the paths rather clearer. [Better for Bella, in wet weather than going over the fell, she gets less wet]. There are a lot of holes / rabbit warrens to contend with in the area to the right of the main path. The trees in the distance mark the general area where Haltwhistle Burn joins the River South Tyne.

Ian and Bella on their way back down from the fell. They have paused for a short breather. The ground surface is quite lumpy under the long grass and Bella has been having fun tazzing about and then sniffing everything. The grass has been allowed to grow so long only because the grazing - classed as "rough" - has not been let out for a couple of years, although there were a few ewes running in here late spring.

Ben has been imaged by the camera trap as he wandered up the garden. Possibly off for a walk on the fell.

This faces the main pond area, a short distance from the large picnic table.

Typical Collie - following on to keep everybody together ... [walking in MiltonRigg Woods]

sitting and sniffing the breeze ...

Most of 'my' blackbirds hop around, but one or two of them walk, as shown by this image.

Visible from the West Gate, is Cave Dale, a valley to the south of Peveril Castle. It contains part of a circular walk from which one can appreciate the ruins within the landscape.