Post by mick on Mar 4, 2015 5:17:48 GMT
Terrain: - a bit of allsorts, tarmac, rough/stone cart track, grass, mud, sand & rock mostly flat
Toilets: - at Boulmer
Pub: - fishing boat inn & some times ice cream van in car park during summer months
Access: - Can get car most of the way but only as far as sugar sands
Brief description: - This walk starts at the car park on the south of the small village of Boulmer & heads north starting on the tarmac footpath, as you leave the village following the coastal route the path leads to a stone track which runs all the way to Sugar sands slowly turning from stone to grass & mud.
We however will leave the track and follow the grass track along the coastline a much better and kinder route. I have walked this route both in winter and summer (what summer? you all shout) and the grass path is always dry and firm under foot (must be the sand that makes it well drained)
Any way this path is an excellent training ground to practise your walking skills,
There are ups and downs and cambers with a few rabbit holes just to keep you on your toes & the best bit of all if you do take a tumble the ground is soft.
And when you get tired you can just sit down and take in the sea views.
The grass track swings round to rejoin the track at Howdiemont sands now we will be walking on a well defined dirt path along the cliff tops till we get to Iron Scars now we have our first challenge the path turns to stone chipping and goes downhill to the footbridge (nothing to get excited about but it will hurt if you take a tumble here) anyway over the Howick Burn then up a small hill (on stone /dirt track again) to have a look at some old mud /sod hut that some nutters built (just kidding).
From there stay on the track till the farm then turn right towards the coast at Rumbling Kern then it’s a case of walking back along this footpath back over the bridge retracing your route till you come to Howdiemont Sands, now the hard work starts it time to cut down to the beach, and walk most of the way back along the beach.
The sand here is very hard and easy to walk on (not like some sections of Budle Bay which I will do sometime in the future) .there is also sections of this beach that are covered in flattish rock, depending on the tides and time. These can be walked over without to much trouble however watch out for any green seaweed it is very slippery and landing on rock will hurt.
You can cut up off the beach any time and when you approach Boulmer you have to leave the beach anyway, then back to the car park.
The beauty of this walk is if you start getting tired you can simply stop and go back like wise you can always walk further up the coast before you turn around.
For all you good people reading this (and haven’t dropped off to sleep) you might notice that I have got two sets of photos for this walk one in the winter and one in the summer , this is so you can see the ground conditions .
As per normal first photo taken from car park
Beach shot
A very distant Dunstanburgh Castle
The grass track (you can see the dirt track on the right)
Beach
Mud hut
On the cliff tops
Some times you meet the locals
Sugar sands
Taken from the foot bridge over Howick Burn looking upstream
The bath house (don’t ask I don’t know why)
Views
Howick burn flowing over the beach
on the beach
flat rock
Small footbridge over some unnamed burn (it’s just a trickle during the summer months) by Longhoughton Steel
Back on the grass path (this time its winter)
The sea
Toilets: - at Boulmer
Pub: - fishing boat inn & some times ice cream van in car park during summer months
Access: - Can get car most of the way but only as far as sugar sands
Brief description: - This walk starts at the car park on the south of the small village of Boulmer & heads north starting on the tarmac footpath, as you leave the village following the coastal route the path leads to a stone track which runs all the way to Sugar sands slowly turning from stone to grass & mud.
We however will leave the track and follow the grass track along the coastline a much better and kinder route. I have walked this route both in winter and summer (what summer? you all shout) and the grass path is always dry and firm under foot (must be the sand that makes it well drained)
Any way this path is an excellent training ground to practise your walking skills,
There are ups and downs and cambers with a few rabbit holes just to keep you on your toes & the best bit of all if you do take a tumble the ground is soft.
And when you get tired you can just sit down and take in the sea views.
The grass track swings round to rejoin the track at Howdiemont sands now we will be walking on a well defined dirt path along the cliff tops till we get to Iron Scars now we have our first challenge the path turns to stone chipping and goes downhill to the footbridge (nothing to get excited about but it will hurt if you take a tumble here) anyway over the Howick Burn then up a small hill (on stone /dirt track again) to have a look at some old mud /sod hut that some nutters built (just kidding).
From there stay on the track till the farm then turn right towards the coast at Rumbling Kern then it’s a case of walking back along this footpath back over the bridge retracing your route till you come to Howdiemont Sands, now the hard work starts it time to cut down to the beach, and walk most of the way back along the beach.
The sand here is very hard and easy to walk on (not like some sections of Budle Bay which I will do sometime in the future) .there is also sections of this beach that are covered in flattish rock, depending on the tides and time. These can be walked over without to much trouble however watch out for any green seaweed it is very slippery and landing on rock will hurt.
You can cut up off the beach any time and when you approach Boulmer you have to leave the beach anyway, then back to the car park.
The beauty of this walk is if you start getting tired you can simply stop and go back like wise you can always walk further up the coast before you turn around.
For all you good people reading this (and haven’t dropped off to sleep) you might notice that I have got two sets of photos for this walk one in the winter and one in the summer , this is so you can see the ground conditions .
As per normal first photo taken from car park
Beach shot
A very distant Dunstanburgh Castle
The grass track (you can see the dirt track on the right)
Beach
Mud hut
On the cliff tops
Some times you meet the locals
Sugar sands
Taken from the foot bridge over Howick Burn looking upstream
The bath house (don’t ask I don’t know why)
Views
Howick burn flowing over the beach
on the beach
flat rock
Small footbridge over some unnamed burn (it’s just a trickle during the summer months) by Longhoughton Steel
Back on the grass path (this time its winter)
The sea