Selfie as I climb up from the disused railway line. Behind me a steep slope and in the distance forest covered hills

A view from. The access land, the village of Rothbury in the valley past bracken coloured hills and brown fields

A map showing access land above a footpath in a disused rail cutting.

There's a patch of Access Land to the south east of Rothbury. The path up to it used to have white birch railings, but these fell down a year ago. The path has now become quite overgrown to the point where an unofficial path about 100 metres further along the […]

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Little did I know that the path through Harbottle Wood was non-existant on the ground. It was a long slog through the woods and then through heather and bracken in the access land. It was nice up there though.

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In the foreground is a plateau covered with bracken. In the distance Simonside peak can be seen to the left and the village of Rothbury to the right

A map showing that I am on the high point of an area of access land above a disused railway cutting

A panorama from an unnamed hill in access land. Views of Rothbury and Simonside

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