Hownam Law and the Kale Water, #CheviotHills

Monday on the bike in the #CheviotHills - A couple of fine forts: Cunzierton and Chatto. Also a couple of stone circles, a standing stone and a Roman road. #HillfortsWednesday #Roxburghshire

The way up, the way back

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Took myself away from staring at a computer screen and wrangling websites to walk the hound. Beautiful blue and gold evening, looking towards the Cheviot Hills. A January wind, but the promise of spring around the corner.

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Since I think my original post about this place got lost in my server move, I'm redoing it for #WaterfallWednesday.

This is the Hen Hole, far into the Cheviot Hills, at the head of the remote College Valley. A deep, craggy cleft in the side of Cheviot itself, where the wind blows the water backwards up the fall, peregrines swoop above the cliffs, and fairy music emanates from cracks in the rocks.

The story goes that a hunting party once rode up from Kirknewton, on the trail of a white stag. The stag led them a dance all the way up the College Valley before disappearing between the crags of the Hen Hole.

There, the party became transfixed by the sound of beautiful music. Bewitched, they followed it into a deep crack into the hill, and were never seen again. The only survivor was an elderly farmer on an old nag, left behind by the hunt, who came up behind just in time to see the last of his fellows disappear into the hillside.

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Good Morning and happy #FingerpostFriday 😃This week’s contribution is from our fab hike up Easter Tor on Monday, complete with a herd of wild Cheviot goats! 🥰🐐🚏
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A few more photos from our hike in the Cheviot Hills today. It was a stunning day to be out and the views were absolutely breathtaking 😍
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Day off today and it was an absolute cracker with wall to wall sunshine. We headed for the Cheviots and had a grand hike up Easter Tor from Old Yeavering. It was amazingly calm with hardly a breath of wind and a delight to see so many wild goats on the tops 🐏 #CheviotHills #Northumberland #Hillwalking #Hiking #Rambling

Continuing our watch of the Gaelic programme walking from Melrose to Lindisfarne. We recorded it and are slowly getting through it. Onto episode 3 which goes from Monteviot to Kirk Yetholm. So getting into my granny’s home country. The iPlayer version of this episode is only online until Monday evening coming. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001dhjf/slighe-naoimh-cuithbeirtst-cuthberts-way-series-1-episode-3
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The Henhole, deep in the Cheviot Hills. Where waterfalls blow backwards, peregrines fly overhead, and fairy music drifts out of the hills.

It's said that once a hunting party chased a white hart all the way up the College Valley, only to be entranced by the beauty of the music and disappear forever underground.

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