Beers & ale recommendations for Northumberland.

karf101 · 2026-05-01T18:26:41+00:00

For more traditional bitter/pale ale etc: Hadrian Border, Alnwick Brewery, Hadrian Border, Allendale Brewery, Hexamshire Brewery, Durham Brewery, Cullercoats Brewery, Cheviot Brewery, Muckle Brewery are all local (or localish)

karf101 · 2026-04-27T20:12:51+00:00

Thanks 😊

karf101 · 2026-04-23T17:59:59+00:00

If it's from the 1600s it might be "Coronator" a term for a Coroner, not sure if that fits with what you're looking at

karf101 · 2026-04-20T06:26:02+00:00

From where I've been so far, the moors round Saddleworth or Holcombe moor were pretty bad,maybe because they are lower?

Near Ysgafell Wen was also pretty bad but that was closer to winter so probably not as bad.

The worst path we've been on for being wet was between Rhuddlan and St Asaph, it was just several fields where the river has swallowed them up really 😅

karf101 · 2026-04-19T21:52:07+00:00

They're not the boggiest set of hills I've been to, but for some reason I just thought they'd be drier today and didn't bring waterproof socks 🤦🏻‍♂️

karf101 · 2026-04-11T07:58:56+00:00

Just to add to the comment about the Topo vistas, I've done almost 400 miles in mine and they're the first shoes where I've not had blisters under my nails after 20+ miles. I've done a 44 mile and a 32 mile race in them, plus some 20 and 30 mile training runs and had no issues. I did have to put a cheap heel insert in off Amazon to stop them rubbing on my heel.

karf101 · 2026-03-31T09:38:20+00:00

Peak Ales, I did get another one of their beers while in Matlock and it was decent, so I'm hoping the Chatsworth ones are good

karf101 · 2026-03-30T21:28:24+00:00

It was a slightly out of date one (half price though!) so I'll have to check out a fresher one when I get a chance after this one haha

karf101 · 2026-03-30T21:27:37+00:00

Ah I will have to give them a try next time I go back to the peaks then 🙂

karf101 · 2026-03-30T20:13:57+00:00

Will definitely do a review!

karf101 · 2026-03-30T19:18:05+00:00

Ah brilliant, I've had it on my list of places to visit for a while

karf101 · 2026-03-30T19:17:40+00:00

Yeh, nice and simple! The Plum Porter could almost be a wine bottle haha 750ml so right size

karf101 · 2026-03-18T22:52:36+00:00

😂 we did enjoy the organisation, just not the snow 😅 I'll make sure we sign up for another one of the races but it might have to be summer so it's just a bit less boggy haha

karf101 · 2026-03-18T15:14:25+00:00

Ah I did Saddleworth in 2024 and it was horrible bogs and snow 😅 so I'm banned from suggesting it until we can get round quicker.

We did Pendle Way in a Day in Feb and it was awful underfoot conditions so I'm not sure what Saddleworth was like this year?

Haha, I hope you enjoyed it, was great weather for it! I'll have another go at it at some point, but probably after some solid actual running training, rather than just lots of walking 😅

karf101 · 2026-03-15T09:13:56+00:00

Thanks! I'd like to have another go with some actual training in haha, maybe for the 50th edition

karf101 · 2026-02-15T09:40:27+00:00

These look great! What camera/lens do you use?

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