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| The beautiful Teesdale village of Romaldkirk (well, it's not bad
... it's got two pubs), farmland on the north bank of the River Tees,
the village of Cotherstone (home of the famous Hannah Hauxwell, and two
more pubs), back to Romaldkirk on the south bank of the Tees. |
This is not a walk for drivers, with two pubs at the
start, two in the middle, and the first two back again at the end. Do
NOT drink and drive, but feel free to drink and walk.
Park with consideration in Romaldkirk, and with the impressive church in
front of you, turn right and walk down the green past a high stone wall,
turn left into a signposted, walled footpath that heads almost directly
north. At the bottom, there’s a stone slab bridge over the aptly named
Beer Beck (don’t try it, it’s water). Follow waymarks across several
fields, using marked stiles and gates as you gradually approach the Tees
and woods on your right. The footpath emerges on the B6281, where you
turn right, cross Eggleston Bridge, and turn right again immediately to
gain access to a track separated from the north bank of the Tees by
single fields. You’ll pass an ugly concrete thing near the end of the
road. This is the outlet for water piped underground into the Tees from
Kielder Reservoir way up in Northumberland.
Take a ladder stile on your left before crossing another to enter a
wood. Here you start climbing on a stepped footpath before leaving the
wood via a stile and following the footpath across a couple of fields
before passing East Barnley farm on your right. Stick with the path
across a couple more fields and cross Raygill Beck before reaching High
Shipley, again on the right. Follow the road for a short way, turn right
through a gate and follow the yellow waymarks to pass a small wood on
your left. It’s an easy path to follow as it drops almost directly south
towards the River and the trees growing next to it. |
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Go through a small wood and when you reach the Tees,
look out for the bridge across it (to get the view above, looking
upsteam) then another over the tributary Balder before climbing a steep
road into Cotherstone. The Fox and Hounds is on the main street at the
top of this climb, while if you turn left the Red Lion is a couple of
hundred yards down the road on the right. Take your pick (see advice in
Barnard Castle-Cotherstone walk).
When you’ve had a pint (or more) head back down the hill, cross the
Balder bridge but instead of crossing the Tees Bridge, follow the
footpath through woods on the South Bank for a mile or more before the
footpath leaves the river and curves left past Low Garth before the
route takes you back into Romaldkirk on the opposite side of the green
from where you started.
The pubs here, like in Cotherstone, cater for all tastes – the
impressive Rose and Crown for the more discerning, as long as your boots
won’t dirty the carpets and you don't sit where a regular wants to sit.
If you are reading this, there’s every chance that the Kirk is more up
your strasse. They had Timothy Taylor Landlord last time we were there. |
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