The Cheviot Hills stand on the northern edge of England at the heart of the Northumberland National Park. They roll across the border into Scotland like a tide of small, green waves. These are wild and expansive hills where the echo of history can be heard from every windswept hill and in every tranquil valley. This is ideal walking country.
On each of the eight self-guided walks the reader will uncover a small piece of the Cheviot jigsaw. They will follow less than ordinary routes to summit cairns and distant views. Along the way they will encounter cleughs, burns, sikes, crags, shins, dodds, hopes, linns, shanks and a whole lot more. This is an appetite whetting selection of walks in the Cheviot Hills.
WALK 1: THE ULTIMATE HARTHOPE CIRCUIT
An extended and unusual round of the hills of the Harthope Valley takes you on a high level journey of discovery.
• DISTANCE: 14.25 miles ( 22.9 km )
• ASCENT: 3494 feet ( 1065 metres )
• START: Hawsen Burn, Harthope Valley (GR NT954225)
• TERRAIN: Mixed fell with a variety of paths and tracks, many rough and boggy
• FGS Grading F10 [ D2, N2, T2, R2, H2]
