Showing posts with label Crossthwaite Common. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crossthwaite Common. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Crossthwaite Common, Rake Gill and Holwick Walk: Is this really an overcrowded Island?

 

Off message. Just been sorting out photos from recent holiday in Country Durham and created college from a tough but magnificent 9.5 mile circular solo walk, I did starting from Middleton-in-Teesdale. This was an orange Pathfinder walk. 

The weather going up was damp and very, very windy. I saw 2 other walkers while going along the Pennine way path, then when I left it for the moors, I saw no other person at all for over 3 hours, until I came down the other side.  I got lost a couple of times since the paths were often unclear but it was a fantastic walk.  It ended in sunshine, while I returned by the river to Middleton. Again, hardly a soul to be seen.