Eriba Man

This is night No.19/2021 living in the caravan. It's also our 3rd night at the River Breamish C&MC Site near Powburn in Northumberland. Slept well, and again the weather was stunning. Very pleasant when I took the dogs out for a walk around the site dog walk at around 0600. Had a shower in the awning, got some breakfast and around 0800 we headed out for a good forest walk. Around 10mins from the site is the Forestry England plantation at Hepburn. I've walked here before, it is a nice long circular route. It's on a hillside and the views west over towards the Cheviots is really nice. Past an old cost and capstone, dating from the Bronze Age. Lots of wild garlic providing a lovely scent. At the entrance to the wood, over a wall are the ruins of Hepburn Bastle. Derived from the French 'bastille', these were effectively fortified farmhouses built to withstand the notorious Border Reivers. I couldn't get any closer due to the immense walls which run for miles and...

  This is night No.18/2021 living in the caravan. It is also the second night at the River Breamish C&MC near Powburn in Northumberland. Got up to some lovely sunshine, then it dulled a bit, then got brighter, then dulled a bit, which was to be the pattern all day. It was dry, however, and quite warm. Before breakfast, took the dogs for a walk around the 'Nature Trail'/Dog Walk which follows the River Breamish which runs through the site. The River looks quite benign, but it is absolutely furious when in spate. It washed away the nearby railway bridge back in 1953 (?) which was to prove the end of the Cornhill to Alnwick line.  After breakfast, we headed out to Thrunton Wood for a good walk. It's a fine, hilly forest and has many meandering paths, trails, and MTB tracks. We opted for the 5 mile 'Red' route. I've done this before a few years ago. Back then, I left it quite late in the day and was racing against falling daylight to make it back.  Some great Rh...