Posted by our members and promoted on social media, you can keep in touch with these messages by interacting with our facebook.
On Sun 2nd October, Jake Morley, one of the UK’s most original songwriters & performers will be entertaining a small group of people in the intimate setting of The Old School House Hostel. Book a night or two at this popular hostel and have the luxury of having your evening’s entertainment come to you!
The route, which is annotated on Ordnance Survey maps, is approximately 36 miles long and split into four easy stages. Those more energetic have run the course, whilst others have done it more leisurely over several visits to the area. The options are yours. Whichever way you plan your adventure you will see the best that the North Pennines AONB has to offer.
Kings Hostel, in Dollegau is perfectly located for a real Snowdonia adventure for groups of up to 42. For walkers, runners and cyclists the Mawddach Trail passes the grounds. Kings hostel has a great bike shed or you can hire bikes locally. For those that need a bit more altitude, you can access both the Pony and Fox’s paths up to Cader Idris straight from the front door! Coed y Brenin, with its world famous bike trails, is 10 minutes away by car. For some sea air and sandy beaches Fairbourne is just a 15 min drive away.
This architect-designed luxury bunkhouse at the foothills of the Angus Glens ticks all the right boxes for its accessibility. The bunkhouse is on two floors, there’s a wheelchair-accessible lift and accessible toilets on both floors.
The Rookhope Inn is closed but there is plenty of home cooked scrumptous options to tuck into after your day out on the North Pennines.
Combine a walk over the moors with a visit to a local mine museum, including a guided tour into one of the mine adits. Scenery across the North Pennines and Northumberland, followed by this informative talk, combined with tea/coffee and cake. What more could you ask for?
Dales Bike Centre is situated in the tiny village of Fremington in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales. It is surrounded by the best biking in Yorkshire in a stunning landscape, crisscrossed by ancient lanes, moorland tracks, and roads. This is the perfect venue for cycling, mountain biking, trail running, and walking. The Bike Centre offers accommodation, café, bike shop, hire, workshop, secure storage, bike wash, drying room, and a wealth of knowledge about the Dales.
After being awarded the AALA Licence, climbing category, Mount Cook has added some exciting new activities for our guests.
5 miles from the route, Kings Hostel has bedding provided, secure bike storage facilities, and evening meals are available locally.
The Long barn in Tefi Valley in South Wales is heated with wood grown on the farm.
Ashbourne Gateway Centre is delighted to introduce the new on-site coffee house, complete with terrace area. Come for a group stay and enjoy the great outdoors of Derbyshire and the Peak District.
We welcome well-behaved dogs with responsible owners (or vice versa!!)” which always raises a smile! If you think you can behave it’s well worth the trip to Dumfries! At Marthrown of Mabie you, your canine, and human friends can sleep totally surrounded by the Mabie Forest, without a whisper of the noise of modern life.
Knoydart Bunkhouse is not only green, but community-owned and working to a responsible tourism policy.
Having a holiday in Scotland is not as unachievable as you may think. Ceikum Mill Lodge in Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders is only 6 hours away from London, 2 hours from Newcastle and 4 hours from Inverness.
Cleikum Mill Lodge is surrounded by a huge selection of walks, flat riverside trails, woodland rambles or longer walks above town into the Border Hills. This area is also nicknamed “Bike Valley” for the sheer variety of bike riding in the area is your passion road cycling, mountain biking or gravel riding?
Explore our backyard in the stunning Scottish Borders.
When staying at Carrshield Camping Barn there is always something to do, a short drive away to Alston will bring you to the South Tynedale Railway. A preserved 2-foot narrow gauge railway that is the second highest in England along the route of the old Alston to Haltwhistle line that was built in the mid-1800. By planning your day, it is possible to visit a Roman hill fort overlooking the valley, three different cafes and take a cooling dip into the South Tyne River.
To the delight of C2C cyclists, walkers and lovers of the remoteness of the North Pennines, Mill Cottage Bunkhouse in Nenthead is taking guests again. Formerly known as the Assay Office Bunkhouse and now under new ownership, the bunkhouse is open to individuals, couples and small groups of up to 6 people. Dogs are welcome (by arrangement), a continental breakfast can be provided and you’ll find a cafe, community shop and bike repair centre in the nearby village.
Always keeping the environment in mind, Deepdale has the Gold Green Tourism Award and Gold David Bellamy Award.
We have recently re-opened our games room which now has rather smart seven-foot pool table. Shoot a few frames, play cards, chess, or one of our selection of board games in this grand old Victorian front room with its large original fireplace and huge bay windows!
Forget the rest and relax ! Come to this stunning remote sea loch where the colours change with the hours. There are gas lights and fresh white roses in season to fill the property with a beautiful fragrance… And foraging plants all around the campsite.
The area’s natural beauty speaks for itself with wilderness-like moorland intersected by beautiful valleys, many of which are isolated and sparsely populated. Alongside this magnificent quiet landscape, there is much to be found that has contributed to the heritage of not only the area, but the country and further afield.
