The one-carriage service also pootles underneath the Sugar Loaf Mountain before crossing the Cynghordy Viaduct. Given its countryside setting, the route is popular with walkers and ramblers.

Spring is just around the corner and the weather has turned much milder. Does this shift in temperature mark the end of the threat of ice and snow for this season or could we see a final flourish ...

Spring flowers - such as these crocuses in Hexham - have been bursting into life as the weather has warmed up over recent days Spring is just around the corner and the weather has turned much ...