County Durham Rambles - Waskerley reservoir in the snow.
Valentines day 2026 found me with a 5 hour window where senior management had deemed me surplus to requirements. 5 hours which I intended to put to good use, especially when it was the first day in months that it wasn't forecast to rain. During the preceding weeks I'd been steadily working my way east to west along the Lanchester Valley railway path to Consett where I'd joined the Waskerley Way, which is another former railway track bed. This was part of my never ending quest to walk as many County Durham rights of way as possible. Having reached the site of the former Waskerley station earlier that week it seemed only natural to use this as the start point for todays walk. Looking at the OS map (no307) I mentally plotted a route some 5 miles in length which would loop around close to Waskerley reservoir. I should maybe point out that the rain that we'd endured at lower levels had turned to snow on higher ground and as I drove north up the A68 I did wonder if I would ...
