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Sweethope Loughs – 3 Lakes, Ruined Towers and Fell Walking

This is a relatively easy 13 mile walk with lots of interest along the way.  We pick up part of St Oswald’s Way path during the walk.  Launching Plan Watch Walk’s new partnership agreement with OS Maps, and the introduction of full GPS routing, which is now available for all our walks.

Sweethope Loughs – Northumberland (13 miles)

After parking up, we head west along the path towards Hallington Reservoir East (Video 1:15) before continuing towards Little Swinburn (Video 2:30).  After leaving Little Swinburn we visit a ruined tower (Video 3:15).  Continuing north, we come to Colt Crag Reservoir, where it is worth taking a detour along the south bank as you get a great view across the water (Video 4:30).

We continue north, eventually walking through a nice forested area, before coming to the south east point of Sweethope Loughs.  The route takes us along the southern side of the Lough (Video 7:45).  The path circles Sweethope Loughs in a clockwise direction, eventually we reach the head of the Lough (Video 9:00) and pick up some of the local history.

As we leave the Lough behind us, heading east, we pass Sweethope Farm (Video 10:40) with an original hand operated water pump. Then pass Sweethope Crags on our way to the trig point at Bavington Crags (Video 11:40).

We conclude the walk passing through Great Bavington and Little Bavington (Video 12:50) before heading down the road to Hallington and the end of this great walk.

 

Equipment used:

Jacket – Montane Gravity Gore-Tex Jacket

Boots – Scarpa Rush Trek GTX

Trousers – Montane BMC Terra Pants

Waterproof Trousers – Mountain Hardwear Epic Pant

Socks – 1000 mile wool fusion double layer

Head Torch – Lifesystems Intensity 220 Head Torch

Backpack – Hi Gear Active22

Bladder – Camelbak 2.5L Hydration Reservoir

 

Camera Kit

GoPro 5

hohem iSteady Pro 4-Gimbal stabiliser

Lavalier Microphone