Pictures from the Houghall Discovery Trail at the end of August. (R) Although Country Durham used to have hundreds of coal mines, it is unusual to find a old shaft such as this from the former Houghall mine.
At the edge of Hamsterley Forest, looking out over moorland.
From a walk in mid-September from the village of Muggleswick. (L) Walking down from the strangely named abandoned farm of Cushat Leazes to (R) a small stream and ford.Heading back towards Muggleswick, with the moorland of Muggleswick Park in the distance.
