Sunday:Walk 1: Above Rothbury (5.9 Miles)
(Pathfinder Guide Northumberland Walk # 13)
Weather: cloudy with sunny spells
Sunday: We set off from Marmic Cottage around 10:15 and headed for the riverside (near to the bridge in the village).
From here you can access down to the grassy river side.
Unfortunately our intended route was cut short as the path along the riverside was closed. We diverted back into the village and rejoined our route where we would have exited the river path after maybe half a mile or so.
We did mange to spot a lone fisherman in waders though, giving you an idea that the riverside part would have been nice as a start to the walk.
(Pathfinder Guide Northumberland Walk # 13)
Weather: cloudy with sunny spellsSunday: We set off from Marmic Cottage around 10:15 and headed for the riverside (near to the bridge in the village).
From here you can access down to the grassy river side.
Unfortunately our intended route was cut short as the path along the riverside was closed. We diverted back into the village and rejoined our route where we would have exited the river path after maybe half a mile or so.
We did mange to spot a lone fisherman in waders though, giving you an idea that the riverside part would have been nice as a start to the walk.
We headed through Rothbury, crossed the main road at the approach to another bridge over the river, and headed right up "Beggars Rise". A long, slow plod uphill on a path, and then a diversion right up a VERY narrow track between two houses (See pic below). This led us through hilly woodland and opened out into more open countryside to Brae Head.
The views back across the valley were pretty good, though we did not get any good pictures of this and the river winding through the countryside. The picture above shows the general view around Brae Head further into the walk.
The return to Rothbury was then along narrow paths and tracks between houses, giving a good view of Rothbury rooftops as we descended back down to the start point.
The views back across the valley were pretty good, though we did not get any good pictures of this and the river winding through the countryside. The picture above shows the general view around Brae Head further into the walk.
After several miles of admiring the views, we headed into more woodland areas and eventually Primrose Cottage, where we decided to rest and eat our packed lunches and the obligatory tomato soup.
The path onward from here returned back through woodland (we took a right path in error here, though the Satmap soon confirmed our error, before we headed off too far in the wrong direction!).
The path onward from here returned back through woodland (we took a right path in error here, though the Satmap soon confirmed our error, before we headed off too far in the wrong direction!).
The correct path, opened out into flatter scrub and narrow sandy paths (seen on the other
picture above), which went on for about another mile or so.
The return to Rothbury was then along narrow paths and tracks between houses, giving a good view of Rothbury rooftops as we descended back down to the start point.
A reasonable short-ish walk with nice views over Rothbury and generally physically undemanding, taking us 2 and a half hours.
Our Walk Score: 6.5/10
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