Distance: 2.8 miles Ascent: 620 ft Time: 1 hour 30 minutes This is the Rookhope “gym”, a continuous and not so gentle ascent on a good track with excellent views. On a calm day on the valley floor below the gusts of wind funneled down the narrow cutting just before the top can stop you in your tracks. Map: Explorer 307 Consett &...
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Leaving behind the Rookhope Inn, where you have doubtless well imbibed, head along the Allenheads road for 50 yards and then turn left on a track which runs alongside Bolt’s Burn. Cross the bridge over the Rookhope Burn and then turn left on to the footpath besides the Burn, with Boltsburn Garage above on your right. 100 yards further on is the...