Walk to the reservoir

After lunch at the Anglers Arms at Kielder, we took one of the walks to get to Kielder Reservoir. This took us through part of the forest and over the restored Kielder Viaduct. The walk took about half an hour to get to the reservoir.

Anglers Arms, Kielder

Kielder is a remote village closer to Scotland than Newcastle. We were there on 7th May to walk to the nearby reservoir but called in to  the Anglers Arms for lunch. The decor is a bit on the dark side and is a bit inadvertently retro. Food was cheaply priced but vegetables were somewhat tasteless. Staff were friendly but looking longingly outdoors at the sunny bank holiday weather everyone else was enjoying!

Kielder Viaduct and Reservoir

On bank holiday Monday we took a day off to visit Kielder in Northumberland. It is a small village at the western end of the Kielder reservoir (the biggest man made structure in Europe). To get to the reservoir, we walked along the Lakeside route which took us along the former railway line and over the Kielder Viaduct.