The Castle That Time, Fire, and a Small River Are Finishing Off

That eroded mound is Tarset Castle, in the North Tyne valley. The steep, undercut flanks show the ongoing damage caused by the Tarset Burn.

The gentle green mound does not look like much. It is, in fact, all that’s left of a castle that was once a record-holder, a ...

https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/04/25/the-castle-that-time-fire-and-a-small-river-are-finishing-off/

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Weather at 18:00 hrs on Saturday 25 April is changeable, 11.4°C (feels 10.0), pressure steady and no rain today. North easterly wind 5mph (light breeze) gusting to 10mph. Humidity is 72%.

Sunrise was at 05:41 hrs and sunset will be at 20:33 hrs.

https://weather.tarset.co.uk

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Sand martins on the River Coquet #CrapNaturePhotography #northumberland

Weather at 15:00 hrs on Saturday 25 April is changeable, 16.1°C, pressure steady and no rain yet today. Easterly wind 2mph (light air) gusting to 7mph. Humidity is 63%.

Sunrise was at 05:41 hrs and sunset will be at 20:33 hrs.

https://weather.tarset.co.uk

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Weather at midday on Saturday 25 April is changeable, 13.8°C, pressure steady and no rain yet today. Northerly wind 2mph (light air) gusting to 5mph. Humidity is 66%.

Sunrise was at 05:41 hrs and sunset will be at 20:33 hrs.

https://weather.tarset.co.uk

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Weather at 09:00 hrs on Saturday 25 April is changeable, 8.1°C (feels 5.1), pressure steady and no rain yet today. North easterly wind 11mph (gentle breeze) gusting to 19mph. Humidity is 82%.

Sunrise was at 05:41 hrs and sunset will be at 20:33 hrs.

https://weather.tarset.co.uk

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Hareshaw Linn: The Waterfall That Forgot Its Past

Standing here at the foot of Hareshaw Linn, I would swear nothing had ever disturbed this place. Dripping rock. Ancient ferns. A waterfall cascading thirty feet into a rust-brown pool. It feels, as one writer put it, like “an ancient rainforest.“

It is not. Not even slightly. As we discovered from the inf ...

https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/04/24/hareshaw-linn-the-waterfall-that-forgot-its-past/

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Weather at 18:00 hrs on Friday 24 April is fine, 19.0°C, pressure falling fast and no rain today. North easterly wind 6mph (light breeze) gusting to 14mph. Humidity is 48%.

Sunrise was at 05:44 hrs and sunset will be at 20:31 hrs.

https://weather.tarset.co.uk

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