Northumberland Coastal Path (United Kingdom)

Submitted by matthew_fitch on Sat, 07/10/2021 - 03:15am
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The Northumberland Coast Path starts in the pretty village of Cresswell at the southern end of Druridge Bay it then hugs the Northumberland Coast taking in the fishing town of Amble and the villages of Warkworth, Alnmouth, Craster, Seahouses before reaching Bamburgh, a village dominated by the mighty Bamburgh Castle.

Beyond Bamburgh the path heads inland a bit, to the coaching village of Belford before picking up height, onto the sandstone ridge with fine views of the coast and the Cheviot Hills. 

Episode 145: Trees not Tees: Scotland leads with a brilliant environmental initiative for all runners

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You need to hear this inspiring story!  Jim Mann, a top ultrarunner from Scotland, had this brilliant idea: ask race directors to give runners the option of having a tree planted in their name instead of being given still another t-shirt that won't get used.

"The reason for starting this was 2 fold - I had loads of race t-shirts and kept getting more (I couldn't wear them all and they don't wear out). We wanted to plant more trees and it seemed like a great way to solve a bad problem whilst creating something good."