Cycling on the north east's wagonways continues to be a terrible experience in late spring.
May 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Cycling on the north east's wagonways continues to be a terrible experience in late spring.
It was the North Tyneside 12k Trail Race this morning. It’s a glorious route over and through beach, cliffs, denes and wagonways. It’s also not a run you should do hungover. I’m doing well to hide the suffering here at the 10k point. #running #runsky #runchat #ukrunchat
March 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
It was the North Tyneside 12k Trail Race this morning. It’s a glorious route over and through beach, cliffs, denes and wagonways. It’s also not a run you should do hungover. I’m doing well to hide the suffering here at the 10k point. #running #runsky #runchat #ukrunchat
Wagonways, a fascinating way to move cargo long distances in societies without the state capacity to build canals, and the antecedent of modern maglev lines if you squint hard enough?
March 11, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Wagonways, a fascinating way to move cargo long distances in societies without the state capacity to build canals, and the antecedent of modern maglev lines if you squint hard enough?
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield
History comes to life on a hike through the woods and wagonways of County Durham, which takes in mining, trains, an award-winning museum – and corned beef and potato pie
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield
History comes to life on a hike through the woods and wagonways of County Durham, which takes in mining, trains, an award-winning museum – and corned beef and potato pie
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield
idle thoughts on saltriven, I think they probably did have trains pre-apocalypse, but that trains (like firearms) developed in weird ways that kinda make them less useful. I'm imagining the Vedron Empire had something resembling proper locomotives, but used mage-driven carts on wagonways for war
June 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
idle thoughts on saltriven, I think they probably did have trains pre-apocalypse, but that trains (like firearms) developed in weird ways that kinda make them less useful. I'm imagining the Vedron Empire had something resembling proper locomotives, but used mage-driven carts on wagonways for war
if we were embracing wagonways this would be much older than a 200 year anniversary! They’ve chosen their terms, and they are incorrect in them!
January 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
if we were embracing wagonways this would be much older than a 200 year anniversary! They’ve chosen their terms, and they are incorrect in them!
'I’m familiar with parts of this area from childhood walks and teenage escapades, but my eight mile circular route connects key historical sites and finishes at a pub with links back to the Napoleonic wars.' More like this, please.
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield
History comes to life on a hike through the woods and wagonways of County Durham, which takes in mining, trains, an award-winning museum – and corned beef and potato pie
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
'I’m familiar with parts of this area from childhood walks and teenage escapades, but my eight mile circular route connects key historical sites and finishes at a pub with links back to the Napoleonic wars.' More like this, please.
And yet compared to many places Newcastle has an embarrassment of riches for cycling thanks to the wagonways and other similar paths.
August 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And yet compared to many places Newcastle has an embarrassment of riches for cycling thanks to the wagonways and other similar paths.
Not the Fenwick pit this time but been a few times before! www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/coalsarchive...
East Holywell Colliery Fenwick
"East Holywell Colliery, Fenwick Pit, served by wagonways (HER 1051 & 1059). 2nd edn OS mapping shows expansion of internal wagonways, buildings and spoil heaps. Opened in 1828 with the sinking of the...
www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Not the Fenwick pit this time but been a few times before! www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/coalsarchive...
I love the wagonways, but (admittedly) I use them for leisure.
They're not really suitable to be a day to day active travel route. Very few of them are lit, there's long stretches with no passive supervision.
And they don't really join kids homes to schools or shops, or the park.
They're not really suitable to be a day to day active travel route. Very few of them are lit, there's long stretches with no passive supervision.
And they don't really join kids homes to schools or shops, or the park.
August 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I love the wagonways, but (admittedly) I use them for leisure.
They're not really suitable to be a day to day active travel route. Very few of them are lit, there's long stretches with no passive supervision.
And they don't really join kids homes to schools or shops, or the park.
They're not really suitable to be a day to day active travel route. Very few of them are lit, there's long stretches with no passive supervision.
And they don't really join kids homes to schools or shops, or the park.
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
He also takes you on a tour around Barnsley's heritage and explores the history of some key buildings and Barnsley's industrial past. This includes mining and the linen industries to wagonways, the co-op, Barnsley canal, civic buildings and much more.
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
He also takes you on a tour around Barnsley's heritage and explores the history of some key buildings and Barnsley's industrial past. This includes mining and the linen industries to wagonways, the co-op, Barnsley canal, civic buildings and much more.
Where horses were used on wagonways the ballast is high between the sleepers to protect the horses’ hooves. #archaeology #railway
September 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Where horses were used on wagonways the ballast is high between the sleepers to protect the horses’ hooves. #archaeology #railway
The mines are long gone, but eight miles north of Durham city, relics of the north-east’s industrial heritage can be found hidden amid ancient woodland and a steep-sided gorge. #coal #NorthEastEngland #Beamish #mining
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Industrial revelation: a walk through England’s Great Northern Coalfield
History comes to life on a hike through the woods and wagonways of County Durham, which takes in mining, trains, an award-winning museum – and corned beef and potato pie
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The mines are long gone, but eight miles north of Durham city, relics of the north-east’s industrial heritage can be found hidden amid ancient woodland and a steep-sided gorge. #coal #NorthEastEngland #Beamish #mining
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It's not too bad this morning as it's only my arms as I had a hat on, and although they're a little pink I was saved by a lot of the ride being on wagonways and covered by trees
July 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM
It's not too bad this morning as it's only my arms as I had a hat on, and although they're a little pink I was saved by a lot of the ride being on wagonways and covered by trees
In Apothecaria, the gripes between the elves and dwarves was started by horse-drawn wagonways that went from the mountains deep through forests on their way to harbor towns. The elves disliked the uprooting of trees to make ways for these early rails.
#Worldbuilding #lore #worldlore #writing
#Worldbuilding #lore #worldlore #writing
April 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
In Apothecaria, the gripes between the elves and dwarves was started by horse-drawn wagonways that went from the mountains deep through forests on their way to harbor towns. The elves disliked the uprooting of trees to make ways for these early rails.
#Worldbuilding #lore #worldlore #writing
#Worldbuilding #lore #worldlore #writing
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June 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Photos from a mountain bike ride on the wagonways of Weardale.
Bolts Law Engine House was the highest point of standard gauge railway in the UK. The engine pulled wagons up from the quarries and mines of Rookhope
Photos from a mountain bike ride on the wagonways of Weardale.
Bolts Law Engine House was the highest point of standard gauge railway in the UK. The engine pulled wagons up from the quarries and mines of Rookhope
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
W. H. Auden, 1940
Photos from a mountain bike ride on the wagonways of Weardale.
Bolts Law Engine House was the highest point of standard gauge railway in the UK. The engine pulled wagons up from the quarries and mines of Rookhope
Photos from a mountain bike ride on the wagonways of Weardale.
Bolts Law Engine House was the highest point of standard gauge railway in the UK. The engine pulled wagons up from the quarries and mines of Rookhope
IRL, horse-drawn wagonways have been found as early as 600 B.C.E. So this feels like it has an early enough history that lines up with the feuding between dwarves and elves, and gives a reasonable causation for the fighting.
April 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
IRL, horse-drawn wagonways have been found as early as 600 B.C.E. So this feels like it has an early enough history that lines up with the feuding between dwarves and elves, and gives a reasonable causation for the fighting.
I'm obsessed with trains but in a less technical way. It lent well to caravans since the first "trains" ran on wagonways. Isn't that super fucking cool? We both kinda come together to nerd out about transportation but we also both really dislike cars.
October 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm obsessed with trains but in a less technical way. It lent well to caravans since the first "trains" ran on wagonways. Isn't that super fucking cool? We both kinda come together to nerd out about transportation but we also both really dislike cars.