Upper Teesdale in Snow

Winter in Upper Teesdale

On Location 29th December 2020. The days of a long hard winter seem to have gone in Teesdale. Apart from the occasional “snow days” in late November or December much of the winter weather seems to turn up on the early months of the year. However, when the snow does…

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High Force from Holwick

High Force in winter. River Tees near Middleton in Teesdale

A simple and relatively easy walk to the impressive waterfall of High Force from Holwick. On Location 25th December 2020 Parking at the road end, Holwick. Limited spaces, please park considerately. Refreshments: Sadly the pub at Holwick, the Strathmore Arms is now closed. The nearest location for a pub, tearoom…

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Best of September 2020

Apologies for the delay in posting this monthly selection of images taken during the month of September. To be honest I have been so busy with work it had completely slipped my mind. The month seemed to fly by and there is certainly a change of seasons in the air.…

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Best of August 2020

Continuing with my posts on the best of 2020 here is my selection of images from the month of August. It was another period of mixed weather here in the the dales, some days bright warm sunshine, the next a day of heavy rain showers. No real prolonged spells of…

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Sheep on Kisdon

Swaledale tups in the afternoon sun

On location 17th August 2020 Parking: For this walk I parked in a small layby just outside Keld village but it would be better to use the facilites within the village itself. Route map: click on the arrow to play the route. GPX route available by clicking in the Plotaroute.com link…

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Best of June 2020

Swaledale sheep pens

Six months of the year have now passed. Months that have changed many of our lives forever. Lets not be too despondent though, there seems to be light at the end of the Covid19 tunnel. It may be many months or perhaps even years before we return to anything like…

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Best of April 2020

Blencathra

A third of 2020 has already passed. A year that none of us will forget. For the whole of April I have stuck to the guidelines set out by the Government and only ventured out once a day on my daily exercise. I think that only twice have I used…

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Best of March 2020

Pennine Way approach to High Force

Who would have believed only four weeks ago that the world would now be in a such a state? Covid19 has gripped many of the countries of the world and as I write this, here in the UK be are in almost full Lockdown. This is a momentous time in…

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February in photographs

Romaldkirk snowdrops

Well the month of February 2020 has been and gone. It certainly threw up a mixed bag of weather here in Teesdale. As I did last month I have put together a small selection of my photographs that capture the moods and spirit of the month. Maybe you have seen…

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