No Excuses! Outdoor and Active in Durham
Visit County Durham has already planned out its Eastertide with Outdoor and Active Week April 5-11, part of National Outdoor Adventure Week. Up to 17 outdoor and adventure activities are free or low-cost, such as guided mountain biking, orienteering, guided walks and hiking, landscape photography and high ropes activity courses.
Many self-catering cottages, guesthouses, hotels and B&Bs are lowering their rates. Manor House Hotel, West Auckland, Durham Dales, for instance, is offering two nights for the price of one B&B, with rooms from $104/£70 per room for a double.
Some sponsored activities:
- April 5-11, Try Orienteering
Race against the clock to find the checkpoints around the 1km course in the Durham Dales.
- Mountain Bike Taster Sessions
Weardale Outdoor, Coves House Estate, Wolsingham
$3/£2 for an hour’s ride
- April 5
Cotherstone and Deepdale Woods 9-Mile Hike
$4/£2.50, packed lunch needed
- April 6-11
Guided Mountain Bike Rides
Hamsterley Forest, Teesdale
- April 6
Mountain Bike Ride for the girls
The Hamsterley Trailblazers are running a female rider-only guided mountain bike ride for beginners and intermediates.
- April 7
Viewing the start of original Stockton and Darlington Railway Hike
Includes a guided tour of the Railway Musuem
$4/£2.50, packed lunch needed
- April 7
Photography walk: Durham by twilight
$4/£2.50
- April 11
Fencing for beginners
Free, no dogs.
