Seaham, Noses Point to Hawthorn dene

Near Noses Point

With living in seaham, one of my favourite local walks is from Noses Point (SR7 7PS) to the area of Hawthorn Dene.

There is nice woodland walks around the Dene, and depending on which direction you take from the Hawthorn visitor map board (not far from crossing the railway bridge) you can make your walk a short circular or long circular… The former taking the direct route South Easterly towards the big arch bridge (see Arch photo) leading to Blast Beach.

The latter heading west through the woodland paths, and again, depending on which path you take, getting either lost!, or stumbling upon a fairly muddy track that leads to a nice fairly long walk that also leads to the big arch and blast beach! :-) 

Brothers Water to Fairfield, Circular (from Cow Bridge car park)

View From Fairfield Summit

Beginning from Cow Bridge car park near Brothers Water, CA11 0NZ. Heading around to Deepdale. 
For the Lake District, this Trek seemed to be not as well a recognised route as many but a great walk with plenty of visual appeal//interest that is certainly worth the effort!

Yorkshire Dales, Hadrow Force

Hadrow force from low level

On a fine Easter, sunny day, had a nice little trip to the Yorkshire Dales..

I think the Dales has a lot to offer and, although it was only a day trip, I did still manage to see quite a bit..

Hawes to Hadrow force is a nice short (about 20-30 min) walk, taking the Pennine way route, across some hilly fields and then up into Hadrow, through the green dragon pub (where you have to pay £2.50 – the site is privately owned and maintained!). The waterfall is, from this point, then only a few minutes walk.

Highlights from the trip are below.

Winter Seaham Seas 2013

A Few highlights of photos I took over the winter period by my local seaside.

Summer Seaham Seas 2013

A few photos by my local Sea, Seaham Harbour, over the fine Summer of 2013.

Grassmere Summer

Grassmere

Although it was a pretty decent summer in 2013 (makes a change! :-)), I didn’t manage to do as much photography as I would of liked…

However, I did manage a nice day trip to the lakes, mainly venturing around the lovely Grassmere, heading out past the village around past the faeryland café (situated by the lake) venturing out to the western side of the lake, followed by a short meander around Windemere and Ulswater, before heading back via Hartside Summit.

It may not have been the perfect time of day to take photos and the time spent was mainly about enjoying a quiet stroll but I did manage a few photos that seem to capture different parts of the day.

Roseberry Topping, Bluebells by Newton Wood

Bluebells in Newton Wood, Overlooking Roseberry Topping

A Wonderful sight seeing the bluebells looking so vivid in the evening light. 

Hackfall Woods & Studley Royal park, Yorkshire Dales

As the final days of Autumn at its most colourful best swept by, it was nice to see it in Hackfall woods in the Yorkshire Coutryside.

With an abundance of mini waterfalls and historic monuments dotted around the area, and even a mini beach by the river!, this is a glorious place, where, photographically, you are spoilt for choice...

Durham City Cathedral & Ramside

 Durham City Cathedral & Ramside

Photo highlights of a weekend in & around Durham..

I spent the weekend in the start of november mainly in Durham.

On a brisk, cold autumnal day of saturday I enjoyed a short stroll around the cathedral and city taking in the afternoon glow that surrounded the area and saw it as a nice opportunity to try to capture the autumnal landscape.

The following day, I spent out a few miles from Durham city for a sunday lunch and saw another immediate opportunity to take some photos..

Hadrian's wall, Steel Rigg to Housesteads

Photo highlights of an afternoon stroll along Hadrian's wall this Autumn

One of the most photographed areas on Hadrian's wall, and showed on Britain's favourite view.