Started the day with unexpected squally rain, but happily it cleared up to sunny spells. Luckily, I knew the password, and the Guardian of the Gate let me through. #Walking #Northumberland

Colour photograph of a stretch of moorland with rough grass, bracken and rushes. There is a line of small trees in the mid ground and hills rise behind. The sky is mainly blue with some big puffy clouds. There is a small flock of sheep in the mid ground to the left of the frame.

Colour photograph of a rough track leading through a gate set in a post and wire fence. There are autumn trees to the left of the track, to the right the ground rises gently. In the middle of the gateway is a white sheep with a black face and small horns staring directly at the camera. The sky is mainly blue with some big clouds..

Colour photograph of a stretch of moorland, covered in rough grass and rushes. In the mid ground to the left is a round stone sheep fold with a few sheep surrounding it. He rise in the background. The sky is cloudy.

Colour photograph of a stretch of grassy hilltop scattered with stones, actually the remains of a hillfort. It’s very gloomy and dark, and is actually raining. In the distance are hills veiled in misty drizzle, barely distinguishable from the grey cloudy sky.