Leaving the car park on a quiet riverside path

Beburn Beck runs through the forest

Another view of the river a little further upstream

After crossing the river we climbed steeply up through the forest

The 'autumn' is the time for mushrooms, there were loads all over the forest, but as we know nothing about them we left them alone

Route finding was easy, we just followed the 'orange' way marks

As we walked back along the north side of the valley the sun started to break through the cloudy skies

A murky view of the Bedburn valley from the northern side of the valley

We had to cross Ayhope Beck on our way back to the visitors centre

Metcalf House, the remains of an old farm house, now a popular picnic spot!

Another view of Ayhope Beck as we followed it downstream

One of the wooden sculptures in the forest, this one is called 'The Green Man' this one of his four faces

Autumnal colours in the forest

Arriving back at the forest visitor centre