Having earlier in the year checked the route, this Friday I will lead the group of ramblers on a walk starting at Riverside Car park next to the Ovingham bridge. The walk embraces both banks of the Tyne between and including the bridges at Ovingham and Bywell. A short distance upstream on the north bank there is this wonderful assortment of wooden huts in varying states of decay and renovation. I tried to quantify them using Google but their reply was simply "dozens and dozens of 'em". A good few hundred will nearer the mark. Originally built in and around Ovingham and Wylam over 100 years ago to house POWs from WW1. Later, more were added to accommodate German and Italian POWs from WW2. The huts are an amazing and somewhat unique sight. Some are now fitted with solar panels and other mod cons. Others are much more interesting in their relaxed original state. You may holiday in these shacks but not allowed to "live" in them. They truly are a Tyneside treasure reaching well inland of the river.