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Bowlees Visitor Centre & café re-open on Saturday 21 February to 1 March, 10am to 4pm.
Explore the site around Bowlees as part of your visit. There’s lots to do around the centre and it is a great place to start your visit to the North Pennines.
#northpennines #Bowlees #walking #familyoutings
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
cloudsgoby.bsky.social
That easterly is fair rattling the windows at the back of our house today 🥶 #Helm #NorthPennines
February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
northpennines.bsky.social
Last weekend at the Weardale Wassail, two colourful silk painted adders made their first graceful appearance.
Look out for more film footage of the project.
#northpennines #adders #wassail
February 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
mariegardiner.bsky.social
Remembered I took a handful of photos a couple of weeks ago that I never actually got off the camera.

#Photography #NorthPennines #ThePhotoHour
a view from high up looking over the hills. It's a very cloudy day with a strip of sky showing and the sun breaking through to hit part of the hills below, which are fiercely green
February 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
smallplotbigideas.bsky.social
One week on, our new Belted Galloway heifers are settling in well and loving the meadow hay from last summer!

#beltedgalloway #beltedgallowaycattle #pedigree #cattle #grassfed #northumberland #allenvalleys #northpennines
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
smallplotbigideas.bsky.social
A little bit of Sunday shopping in the Lake District for me!

#pedigree #beltedgalloway #cattle #grassfed #northumberland #allenvalleys #northpennines
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
mckeedi.bsky.social
Barn owl in the North Pennines AONB #barnowl #birds #owls #nature #wildlife #animals #crepuscular #northpennines #northpenninesaonb #birdsofprey #northengland
January 23, 2026 at 1:38 AM
smallplotbigideas.bsky.social
A great sight at the end of a pretty successful weekend

#pedigree #pigs #tamworth #rarebreed #outdoorreared #northumberland #allenvalleys #northpennines
January 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
smallplotbigideas.bsky.social
After 10 years of pig breeding, I still can't judge how long until she'll farrow so I'll keep on high alert all night!

#pedigree #pigs #tamworth #rarebreed #outdoorreared #northumberland #allenvalleys #northpennines
A pregnant ginger Tamworth pig in front of a dry stone wall
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
Four paintings, one hill. There's always another way of seeing! #Kirkcarrion #Teesdale #landscapepainting #watercolourpainting #NorthPennines
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
annspaintings.bsky.social
On waterfall Wednesday, my painting of High Force.
#Teesdale
#watercolourpaintings
#art
#northpennines
#WaterfallWednesday
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
richmay.co.uk
It's cold. It's snowed overnight here in the #NorthPennines which is just covering the sheet ice. It can only mean one thing... It's @spinerace.bsky.social week #dotwatching

Good luck folks and hope to see some of you up here at halfway soon
January 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
smallplotbigideas.bsky.social
Our newest Tamworth gilt is due to have her first litter sometime next week

#pedigree #pigs #tamworth #rarebreed #outdoorreared #northumberland #allenvalleys #northpennines
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
paulstafford1.bsky.social
After a small covering of snow on New Years Day the sub zero temperatures since the local river is spectacular

#ice #weather #frozen #northpennines #northumberland

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January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
northpennines.bsky.social
⭐ Happy New Year 📌Why not try a new walk in 2026?
Challenge yourself to complete the #RoofofEnglandWalk , a 188-mile, multi-day #walkingroute with some of the country’s highest footpaths. See spectacular waterfalls and the jaw dropping V-shaped valley High Cup Gill. ▶️ buff.ly/C6tZUNM
#NorthPennines
Walkers on the Roof of England Walk in the North Pennines, wearing winter clothes. Hury Reservoir in the background.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
smallplotbigideas.bsky.social
It seems that Gloria didn't get in-pig 3 weeks ago so Jasper is having another go!

#pedigree #tamworth #pigs #rarebreed #outdoorreared #northumberland #allenvalleys #northpennines #holidayromance
December 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
richmay.co.uk
Boxing day ride around Balderdale and onto Goldsborough Rigg #Teesdale #NorthPennines
My mountain bike laid on its side on the top near the edge of the stone plateau of Goldsborough Rigg with Blackton Reservoir in the distance An old stone trough of some sort sits randomly on the top of the Rigg hidden amongst the grass. I've no idea what it was doing there A black and white selfie of me in fetching mountain bike gear including helmet and sunglasses (sitting on the helmet). The front half of my mountain bike came be seen behind me A shadow selfie of me on my bike projected onto a dry stone wall
December 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
northpennines.bsky.social
We're sharing the draft management plan for 2026-31 & the different landscape types that make up the #NorthPennines. Respond bit.ly/NPManagement...
Moorland plateau edge - long views west across the Eden valley. Shaped by geology which gives a stepped profile to low moorland slopes: buff.ly/CtCi11O
December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
northpennines.bsky.social
Enjoy a guided winter walk with us through a historic landscape on Saturday 31 January, 10.30am to 1pm. The meeting point is Blanchland.
Book your place here - bit.ly/4qbySxl

#northpennines #guidedwalks #miningheritage
Saturday stroll - a guided walk
Enjoy the outdoors on a guided walk through a historical landscape on the last Saturday of every month. Join a small group of people taking in the surroundings, and learn about what shaped the…
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December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
northpennines.bsky.social
In 2025 the #NorthPennines National Landscape team awarded grants to community organisations carrying out projects to explore the lead and silver mining heritage of the North Pennines: buff.ly/6KXC5W8
Community grants are available for 2026: bit.ly/LoLaScommuni...
#communitygrants #miningheritage
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
northpennines.bsky.social
The Waskerley Way is an accessible route in the #NorthPennines. Passing through farms and heather moorland you can see rare plants and animals including black grouse. One of the most impressive railway structures in the North East, Hownsgill Viaduct, towers above the trees. 📽️Video: buff.ly/Hv7cOCJ
Heather moorland on the Waskerley Way walking route in the North Pennines National Landscape. Waskerley Reservoir in the distance.
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
northpennines.bsky.social
We would like to say a huge thank you to all the people that have been involved with volunteer opportunities in the North Pennines National Landscape in 2025.
2026 will bring many more opportunities to volunteer with us. Click the link - bit.ly/44tngO1

#northpennines #volunteer #naturerecovery
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
smallplotbigideas.bsky.social
Grace is enjoying the mud and filling up nicely ready for her first litter next month

#pedigree #pigs #tamworth #rarebreed #outdoorreared #northumberland #allenvalleys #northpennines
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
griptape303.bsky.social
Early start this morning to dodge the forecasted rain this afternoon. Great hike up to #NineStandardsRigg with stupendous views across the #EdenValley to the #LakeDistrict and #NorthPennines

#Hiking
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
davidfimages.bsky.social
One from the recent snows of one of my favourite Teesdale views. In the foreground is Falcon Clints and the river Tees. Beyond is Meldon Hill, Great and Little Dun Fell, with Cross Fell on the right of skyline.

#teesdale #landscapephotography #winter #snow #countydurham #northpennines #durhamdales
A snow scene with a craggy hillside of russet coloured moorland and dark crags, below a blue sky with lines of cloud. The overall scene is one of a wild remote landscape.
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM