Visiting our sister valley is beautiful at any time of the year. However, in autumn the colours are spectacular – golds, ochres, reds…
The following images were taken on a short walk along the valley in the direction of Hedgehope Hill just a few days ago on 11 November 2016. Enjoy!
Well, the last few days has seen a fairly dramatic change in temperature along Breamish Valley. After some quite balmy, sunny spells just a few weeks ago, the night time temperatures have dropped to such a low that we’ve seen the first substantial lay of snow on the Cheviots.
A trip along the valley, from Powburn to Linhope, is a great way to take in different views of the snow-topped hills.
[First published in 1820, this poem is in the public domain.]
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.
Golden blades
Shimmering
Carefree under
White wisps over
Blue
[All images © Robbie Burn 2016 – used with permission]
Several months ago the community bench alongside the A697 and opposite the Breamish Hall was damaged.
Well Sid Smailes, who does a great job of looking after the Powburn Community Garden, has restored it. The wooden slats have been re-varnished and the metal end supports have been sanded down and treated with an appropriate metal paint.
I’m sure you’ll agree that Sid’s done a great job!
Now that the slightly warmer weather is drying the ground, and the fact the we’ve seen less rain over the past few days, the bed of the River Breamish is becoming more exposed…revealing it’s thousands upon thousands of granite pebbles and boulders.
[55°27’3″ N 1°53’40” W]
About this time last year, I took a walk with Margaret and my good friend Paul along the Harthope Valley – our sister valley. Well, we repeated it again this year. And, once more, we were not disappointed.
South-west of the market town of Wooler (just 8 miles from the Breamish Valley), the Harthope Valley’s burns trickle and flow through high hills. And in Spring each year they are marked along their length by tumbles of bright yellow gorse.
I’ve said it before but the the Breamish Valley sky and colours of sunset can be spectacular.
Just a couple of days ago, whilst cycling to Branton Lakes, the cloud formations and the combination of low winter sun created some exquisite panoramas. Here’s an example of what you can see…just get out there, and enjoy!
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