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Walking in Weardale (Paperback)
Loot Price: R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
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Walking in Weardale (Paperback)
Series: Walking North East
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Loot Price R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
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Taking it's name from the river which starts with the joining of
several small streams at Wearhead, the dale stretches from the high
moors above Killhope to the flatter, lower lands just east of
Wolsingham. The scenery changes as the river travels down the dale,
from the bleak, heather clad moors and rocky outcrops to gently
undulating stone walled fields. The river itself changing too, from
a small rocky rushing flow of water it gradually absorbs
tributaries on it's descent through the dale to become wider and
slower as it becomes, ultimately, one of the great rivers of the
North of England. Weardale is basically a farming area, although
for centuries the wealth of it's minerals and underlying stone have
created industries that in the past have created both riches and
poverty for it's inhabitants. One of the lead dales of the North
Pennines, which made Britain the centre of the world's lead
industry during the 18th and 19th centuries, lead was only one of
the underground treasures which kept the extraction industries
going well into the 20th century when they finally met their
demise. Today the population of the dale is much smaller than it
was two hundred years ago and, aside from agriculture which is
still a vital part of the dale's economy, much of the dale is
benefiting from an increasing growth in tourism. In particular, the
walker can experience here a full and varied landscape from the
fields and meadows of the lower dale, the purple clad heather
grouse moors in summer and, at the top end of the dale, one of the
wildest and bleakest unspoilt natural landscapes in Britain.
Weardale is very much an under appreciated and relatively
undiscovered part of Britain and for the walker, who can really
understand what this valley can offer, then long may it be so. The
nine walks in this book have all been designed to explore the
woods, hills and moors while showcasing the landscape and history
of this dale.
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