{"id":11782,"date":"2022-06-19T16:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T16:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphimages.wpengine.com\/?p=11782"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:34:16","slug":"april-2022-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/april-2022-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2022 Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WardlesBurn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WardlesBurn-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11783\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WardlesBurn.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11783\" class=\"wp-image-11783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WardlesBurn-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WardlesBurn-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WardlesBurn-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WardlesBurn-2048x1405.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Wardle&#8217;s Burn, at the start of an exploration from the hamlet of Holmside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CharlawLane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CharlawLane-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11785\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CharlawLane.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11785\" class=\"wp-image-11785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CharlawLane-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CharlawLane-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CharlawLane-1536x977.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CharlawLane-2048x1302.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SacristonWoods.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SacristonWoods-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11787\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SacristonWoods.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11787\" class=\"wp-image-11787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SacristonWoods-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SacristonWoods-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SacristonWoods-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SacristonWoods-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwampyPath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwampyPath-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11788\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwampyPath.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11788\" class=\"wp-image-11788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwampyPath-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwampyPath-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwampyPath-1536x1135.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SwampyPath-2048x1514.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CuriousGoat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CuriousGoat-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11786\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CuriousGoat.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11786\" class=\"wp-image-11786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CuriousGoat-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CuriousGoat-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CuriousGoat-1536x1186.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CuriousGoat-2048x1581.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">(Top left) Formally all of Charlaw Lane is an unclassified highway, but the northerly section (joining from the left) rapidly becomes unsuitable for any kind of vehicle! The &#8220;summit&#8221; is busy with telecoms masts, a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triangulation_station#United_Kingdom\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triangulation_station#United_Kingdom\" target=\"_blank\">trig point<\/a> and an old <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Observer_Corps_monitoring_post\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Observer_Corps_monitoring_post\" target=\"_blank\">ROC monitoring post<\/a>. (Top right) High level path in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacriston\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sacriston\" target=\"_blank\">Sacriston<\/a> Woods. Like many council owned woods in County Durham, these are now a nature reserve covering a former colliery site. (Bottom left) A very swampy footpath! (Bottom right) A curious goat back at Holmside, hoping for food no doubt!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AshesQuarry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AshesQuarry-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11789\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AshesQuarry.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11789\" class=\"wp-image-11789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AshesQuarry-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AshesQuarry-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AshesQuarry-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AshesQuarry-2048x1462.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HillcrestStanhope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HillcrestStanhope-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11791\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HillcrestStanhope.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11791\" class=\"wp-image-11791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HillcrestStanhope-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HillcrestStanhope-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HillcrestStanhope-1536x1059.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HillcrestStanhope-2048x1413.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OldMoorlandTrack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OldMoorlandTrack-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11792\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OldMoorlandTrack.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11792\" class=\"wp-image-11792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OldMoorlandTrack-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OldMoorlandTrack-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OldMoorlandTrack-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OldMoorlandTrack-2048x1407.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EstateRoad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EstateRoad-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11790\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EstateRoad.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=11790\" class=\"wp-image-11790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EstateRoad-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EstateRoad-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EstateRoad-1536x969.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/EstateRoad-2048x1292.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Pictures from a walk heading north and east out of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanhope,_County_Durham\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanhope,_County_Durham\" target=\"_blank\">Stanhope<\/a>. (Top left) The enormous Ashes Quarry where the &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Scar_Limestone_Group\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Scar_Limestone_Group\" target=\"_blank\">Great Limestone<\/a>&#8221; was quarried for use in steelmaking. Activity peaked in the early 20th C and the quarry closed in the 1940s. (Top right) Approaching a group of houses now called Hillcrest, although the remote site was originally a smallpox isolation hospital (&#8220;Stanhope &amp; Weardale Isolation Hospital&#8221;). (Bottom left) Following on old track around the bottom in the outtake, probably leading to the now-abandoned farmstead of Ravensfield. (Bottom right) Once on the moorland, the nominal footpaths were lost to the heather &#8211; it was better to take the long way round following the well-maintained estate roads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[94,59,40,32,66],"class_list":["post-11782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-animals","tag-county-durham","tag-industry","tag-moor","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}