Latest Article: Everything postponed until the end of June 2020
Wed 25th March 2020
I hope you are all keeping well in these unprecedented times.If you have booked on one of our day walks, courses, events or walking holidays and this was scheduled to take place before the end of June 2020 you will have received an email from ourselves in the past few days saying it has been postponed.We have asked everybody to reply to this email, so if you are booked on something with us before ...
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Open access land - 20 years on
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, known as the CRoW Act is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament affecting England and Wales which came into force on 30 November 2000.The act implements the so-called "right to roam" on certain upland and uncultivated ar...
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Montane Spine Race 2020
This weekend is the start of the Winter Montane Spine Race, the ultimate UK challenge for participants.Within the race there are three events over two distances along the Pennine Way, the starting point being Edale, in the Peak District –1. Montane Spine...
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Pilgrim Poles - walking route over to Holy Island
The line of poles marking the walking route to Holy Island have been in place for decades, but recently some of them had gone missing or become loose and recently the missing poles have been replaced.Ever since 635, when King Oswald gave the Holy Island of Lin...
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A look at Outdoor GPS Navigation, how does it work?
Hey, it\'s Jon here from GPS Training, which is part of Shepherds Walks.What we\'re going to do in this short video is look at how an outdoor GPS is going to improve your walking experience. Before you go out walking, if you want the GPS to actually navigate y...
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Fancy helping out at Shepherds Walks?
If you have a bit of spare time and would like to help out at Shepherds Walks please do get in touch. In this weeks Facebook live we chat over the options there are coming up at Shepherds Walks. ...
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What's coming up in February 2018?
In last weeks Facebook live we chatted over what we have coming up during February at Shepherds Walks. ...
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Nordic Walking in 2018
In this week\'s Facebook live we chatted over the Nordic Walking plans for the start of 2018 with Jane Monks the Shepherds Walks qualified Nordic Walking instructor.You can view our Nordic Walking training courses here.You can view our Nordic Walking programme...
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Outdoor GPS navigation - the basics
Everyone loves a map. But what if your map could automatically tell you where you were, where you’ve been and which way to go? With a GPS unit it can… we look through the basics.Outdoor GPS units work using both the American and Russian satellite system...
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The Rothbury trenches
On the 7th August 1914, Lord Kitchener, secretary of the State for war, issued his first appeal for 1000,000 volunteers to join the British Army. Among those who enlisted where the men of the 18th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. After signing up, they trav...
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