Northumberland and North Wales Holiday
Wednesday 7th June 2017
This morning the weather was looking good so we decided we would go for the Cheviot. We packed our rucksacks and set off for Wooler. We drove down the track as far as we could and found somewhere to park.
We set off from the car about 11:30 It was about 30 mins before we found our first watery obstacle. The first part of the walk was following the river up the valley. There was a lot of water around and many of the paths were streams! Negotiating our way along we encountered many obstacles - waterlogged sections, crossing tributaries, crossing the river numerous times, disappearing paths and many more! We met a couple on their way back down who had said they had turned around a few hours up the path as they had reached their limit of what they were able to do. We decided we would push on and see how far we got. There were a few times in the next section that took a fair amount of working out to sort out a sensible crossing of the river. A few times I did wonder if it was worth going on if it was going o continue the same but the I really wanted to go to the top and I didn't fancy retracing our steps! Thankfully the further up the river it got easier as the river narrowed. Eventually we got to the top of the streamway and had a steep hike to join the pennine way up to the summit of the Cheviot. We took the obligatory photo of the Trig Point and then started to make our way back down the hill. The decent was quite steep on to Scald Hill but from there we had Pete under foot so it was easier going back to the car. The walk took us just under 6 hours including a stop for lunch.
Back at the cottage we had some dinner and a relaxing evening as we were both feeling a bit tired and achey!!
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