200 THE HEADS OF BOWMONT WATER 



plainly seen as you approach. Along the top of this ridge 

 between the Usway and the Alwin runs the line of the 

 ancient Clennel Street. The views from Clennel Street are, 

 in my opinion, the finest to be had of the most striking points 

 of the Cheviot range ; and the distant prospect is limited 

 only by the high ground to the south of the Tyne. The 

 whole of beautiful Northumberland lies spread before you even 

 to the sea. Clennel Street comes down at Alwinton, where 

 there is hotel accommodation, or the walk can be continued to 

 Harbottle. From Hownam Kirk to Alwinton is about 18 miles ; 

 but no one should hurry over such a road. 



