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St Oswalds Way -

St Oswald’s literally runs past the front door of St Oswald’s Way. It is great to offer walking holidays for our local trails and you do not get much more local than that.

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Harbottle, Simonside, The Cheviot, The Schil, Windy Gyle -

The 5 walks in Northumberland that showcase the best walking Northumberland has to offer, all very different walks but Windy Gyle it truly the best, it is a vary varied walk but captures the true isolation and rugged, empty landscape which is Northumberland.

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A good friend of Shepherds Walks, Al Pepper, joined us on the Northumberland Coastal Challenge Walk. He created a video blog of his journey along the coastal path.

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Holy Island, Pilgrim's Route -

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.

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Spine Race -

This year I am competing in the Montane Summer Spine Challenger North, a non-stop, 160-mile race along the Pennine Way from Hardraw to Kirk Yetholm.

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