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Looking across a small valley from Houselop Beck towards Bracken Hill

Countryside beside Newhall Farm in Weardale

The foreground road is a narrow, minor one, the access leaving it for Bracken Hill is obvious. It's clear from a finger post sign that a public footpath is signed initially along the Bracken Hill road. OS mapping does not show the path... (more)

Nestling in the deep valley of the Houselop Beck.

The path approaches the steps alongside the hedge from the right but instead of making an immediate descent of a second ladder as would happen where a wall or fence was to be crossed, there's a short horizontal section to pass over the... (more)

Stiles allowing footpaths to cross fences and walls come in a number of styles. The one in the wall corner is a through-stone stile where longer beams of stone protrude on both sides at different levels creating a form of staircase, albeit... (more)

Holiday accommodation on a working farm

Snipe Gate is a secluded house beside a narrow, minor road in the wooded valley of Houselop Beck near to Thornley in County Durham. It's seen here from a field path south-east of it.

Looking across a small valley for Houselop Beck towards Greenwell Hill

The path (with little actual trace on the ground) approaches the ladder stile from the left. The crossing of the hedge is unusual: there's the ladder on this side and another far side, the two being connected by a 'bridge'.... (more)

The tracks are in a field close to Holburn House, the farm in view along the wall line. The extent of the tracks might lead the viewer to believe that a good deal of farming activity had been going on, but no, they were just the result of... (more)