County Durham (wild beauty, but very cold and windy!)
County Durham is a wild quite isolated county. If you like your weather cold and windy, and your nature dramatic and stormy, Durham’s your man! Home to a hilly city, and like Yorkshire, has its own Dales.
The coastline runs from Durham’s coastline runs from Seaham to Crimdon (where miners would take their holidays in the 1920s – it’s now home to breeding little terns, so never disturb them).
West Durham is home to Hamsterley Forest, 2000 acres of marked trails with lovely views, and summer wildflower meadows.
If out walking, always follow the Countryside Code to keep all creatures safe. If at the coast, read about how to keep dogs safe by the seaside.
Durham has more sheep than people!
Pregnant sheep (and sometimes due to wool waterlogged from rain) can sometimes roll over onto their backs, and can’t get back upright, due to having four stomach chambers (so will die if not turned back upright).
If you see a sheep on its back, just firmly right it back, then stay with it, until rain has drained off, so it won’t happen again. Then inform your local farmer.
