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  • Bamburgh to Tynemouth – Day 2

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    Mike Rolf
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    After a full day of walking, we all woke to a fabulous cooked breakfast at the hotel. Sadly one of the members had to stop walking due to an injury. So sadly we have to move on one person down, but we hope to have them back to training soon. We started just after 9,…

  • Bamburgh to Tynemouth – Day 1

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    So it began, day one of the walk for Maggies. We started at 0800, leaving our respective homes at least an hour before that. We started at the foot of Bamburgh castle and started the walk south. Full of energy and excitement for the weekend to come. We snaked our way down the coast, making…

  • A Circular Walk From Monkseaton

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    Mike Rolf
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    With just 5 weeks to go before our three day walking challenge from Bamburgh to Tynemouth in order to raise funds for Maggies in Newcastle, we set off on our latest training walk. It is hard to believe that you can walk for 23 miles in North Tyneside and South East Northumberland without walking past…

  • Friendly to start the bank holiday

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    Mike Rolf
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    Today saw the return leg of a set of friendlies in Rockcliff, with Catterick and Stockton making the trip up north. We started the weekend with beautiful sunshine and clear skies, I’m not sure many believed us when we said this was standard on the North East coast… I think they might have been before.…

  • A walk around North Tyneside

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    Mike Rolf
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    Where else would you want to be on your first wedding anniversary than with your touch rugby family rather than your loving husband !! That’s exactly where Cat, one of the founder members of Blackadders touch rugby team chose to spend the first 6 hours of her Saturday before being swept away later for a…

  • Wylam to Newcastle and back again, completed.

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    Mike Rolf
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    As part of our preperation for our big charity walk in the summer, we decided to put some miles in again to get us prepared for the challenge in the summer. Today (06/03/22) we went from Wylam to Newcastle and back again, travelling along the Tyne river. Making sure to get the excellent views in,…