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Stanhope, County Durham - 22nd February, 2012

Stanhope (pronounced in the regional dialect Stanup or Stan'ope) is a small market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley on the north east side of Weardale. The A689 trans-Pennine road meets the B6278 road from Barnard Castle to Shotley Bridge here.

The civil parish of Stanhope has a population of 4,519 in 2001, and also includes Rookhope, Westgate, St John's Chapel, Ireshopeburn, Wearhead, Cowshill, Cornriggs, Eastgate, Frosterley all on the A689 road, along with Crawleyside, Hill End and White Kirkley. The parish was formerly much larger, with an area of 221 km². It shares some land in common with the neighbouring Wolsingham civil parish.

Stanhope is surrounded by moorland in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) - the second largest of the current 40 AONBs in England and Wales.

Stanhope is also the current terminus of the Weardale Railway. However Trains do no longer run regularly to Frosterley and Wolsingham because of lack of income. Features of interest include a petrified tree stump in the churchyard, the Durham Dales Centre which incorporates a tea room, tourist information and craft shops, a ford with stepping stones for pedestrians, the eighteenth century Stanhope Castle in the centre of the town stands on the possible site of a medieval castle.

This video features views around the Town Centre including the Durham Dales Centre, Castle, petrified tree stump, church building and cemetery, the river Wear and the railway lines of the Weardale Railway.

Caught Trespassing on the Weardale Way! (Section 1&2)

28th January 2018

So this was part 2 of our section hike of the Weardale Way picking up from where we left off last time at Killhopeburn Bridge ( Part 1 see: ).

This time my daughter (6) joined us for what we thought would be a 5.6 mile hike but turned out to be 8 miles (don't trust the mile measurements in the online guide). She did very well and practically ran most of it but the last 1/2 mile she was ready to give up and was hurting all over. But we managed to convince her that the car was just the other side of the bridge that we could see and she pulled through.

We will pick up the trail again in two weeks time. This time just me and Neil because the distance is too far for my daughter.

The commentary is done walking the Tyne between Prudhoe and Newburn (and back - a 9.5 mile walk). So really it is a Tyne and Wear video... lol.

Our route:

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Weardale Way Part 1:

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Whiteout on the Weardale Way (Section 1)

21st January 2018

Weardale Way
Section 1: Killhope to Killhope Bridge

So we have had the Weardale Way penciled in on the calendar for sometime and today was the day that we finally started section hiking the trail.

However, while we may have made plans back in 2017, the weather had other ideas. Sadly, getting a reliable weather forecast in the UK is very difficult and we had several conflicting reports. Some said that it would snow in the morning, others said it would snow in the afternoon, others said it would rain and not snow, and yet another said that it would just miss us falling in the Yorkshire Dales instead. So we took a gamble and went for it.

When we got over the tops there was a lot of snow. This wasn't problematic because the main roads were clear although there were several side roads that were closed. Our main concern was if it started to snow heavily and the roads back home closed.

First thing was crossing Killhope Burn... the ford was too deep for my boots (although Neil was wearing wellies), so I had to use the stepping stones but the stones had 2 inches of ice on the top and were very slippy. In the end, I had to break the ice of the stream and use that ice as make shift stepping stones. Our hike was nearly over before it began. After crossing the burn safely, our next obstacle was to be deep snow. This was great fun but tiring.

However, the obstacle that stopped the hike before the first section could be completed was a blizzard. It started coming over the tops of the hills where it was a whiteout and was heading into the vale where we were walking. The route home goes over the top of the hills and we decided to call the hike at Killhope Burn Bridge. After only doing 3 miles of an 8 mile hike we headed back to the car.

Lucky for us, we were saved from a mile walk in whiteout blizzard conditions by a farmer in his tractor. It was very kind of him.

So we will pick up the hike once more from Killhope Burn Bridge.

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