Chillingham and Ros Castle
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...