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Route No 135d - Tuesday
19 April 2005
Kirk Yetholm to Wooler - 21km.
St. Cuthbert's Way Scottish Borders & Northumberland
Map: OS Explorer OL16 The Cheviot Hills at 1:25000
Note: the route is marked on the OS maps and
is well signposted
Setting
off from Kirk Yetholm |
What
an amazing change in the weather! After the wind, rain and
low cloud of yesterday, this morning was a wonderful sunny
spring day, ideal for walking. This was just as well because
today promises to be our hardest day with 21km over the
Cheviot Hills with two climbs of around 300m. I'm getting
used to a good cooked breakfast and this morning was just
as we have come to expect. We set off from Kirk Yetholm
before 9.00am to follow the road east to the hills. We followed
the path up the side of Green Humbleton and past Eccles
Cairn. The sheep on the hill on this side of the border
are mostly Scottish Blackface but as we began to drop down
into the valley on the English side of the hill the sheep
were mainly Cheviots. We sat beside Elsdon Burn for a break.
|
Looking
west from Green Humbleton |
The
yellow gorse was in full flower everywhere |
Rabbit
with Mixamatosis by the path |
Scottish
Blackface tupp |
Scottish
Blackface ewes |
The
Elsdon Burn |
Our
lunch break by the Elsdon Burn |
| The
burn was in flood as all the streams are and a single duckling
came bobbing past us on the current. It managed to scramble
out from an eddy on a bend and ran into the long grass.
It must have been washed away from the rest of its brood
and probably would not survive on its own. We continued
on through Hethpool to climb the path to Tom Tallons Crag
where we stopped for another break. The scenery here was
very stark compared to the lush spring grass on the lower
slopes. We continued across the moor to drop down through
some woodland to Wooler Common. The end of the walk seems
to be in sight but the route makes a loop of about 2km over
Kenterdale Hill before finally dropping down into Wooler
itself. We got to our B&B by 4.00pm and I had a wonderful
wallow in a huge corner bath before getting changed ready
to go out for a meal. We went to a very nice Italian restaurant
behind the Black Bull pub. |
Duckling
washed away from its brood in the flood |
Spring
colour in the trees at Hethpool |
Cheviot
ewe and lamb |
Our
first view of Wooler |
Crossing
College Burn near Hethpool |
Cheviot
wild goats - they used to be quite rare!
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