Drowned Tracks: The Railway That Kielder Swallowed
I had always imagined Kielder reservoir as an endless supply of water, vast and untouchable. So when I saw it shrunken, its shoreline drawn back to reveal the bones beneath, it was a bit of a shock. There, exposed after decades under the surface, lay the embankment of a forgotten railway that once woun ...
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Very rough and ready handheld shot from my iPhone - Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) visible in the lower right corner! Amazed I got that on the phone without tripod.
Someone (Nick) left the Seestar telescope in the car and it turns out we can’t open the boot without the indicators flashing - big no-no on a #Starcamp! (Thanks VW) 😐
The forecast was rubbish for this week so this patch of clear sky snuck up on us. Fingers crossed for the rest of the week!
in possibly one of the most Northumbrian things that's ever happened, I stumbled upon a herd of about 25 Cheviot goats hanging out at the Kielder Stone
#Northumberland #WildGoat #CheviotGoat #Kielder #KielderheadNNR
Then a nice walk back to the car along the Border Counties Line, which I should do more walks along. The line never got much use (allegedly - it was open for 100 years) and was closed in the 1960s when the army stopped using it.
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