Suddenly, we’re into the last third of the year, as a kind soul reminded me just as we turned into September. And since it’s a work term, maybe a prospective look at what’s coming up in this last big slice…
Category: Tourism
Barney Craig: Carrshield Camping Barn
The Carrshield Camping Barn, renovated out of the old mine shop of Barney Craig, is one of the components of the portfolio of Allen Valleys Enterprise Ltd, or AVEL as the Community Benefit Society is called. AVEL was created to…
Roman Wall District, 1932
I emailed Liz Conway, local bookbinder, to chat about preservation binding of this valuable old, and very tattered guide to the Roman Wall District, that came to my attention recently. Yes, she said, she could do it nicely in either…
Bank Holiday Monday
We drove back from Yorkshire yesterday after a week of interesting workshops to stimulate our brains, and on the way home we marvelled at the delight of folks enjoying the sunshine in all the towns and villages on our journey….
Allendale Caravan Park
On the site of the former railway spur line from Catton to Hexham, which once hauled lead out of the Allen Smelt Mill nearby, and latterly milk from the valleys’ dairy herds to Tyneside, stands Allendale Caravan Park, a static…
Bridge End Farm Camping Field
At least three camping, caravanning or motorhome groups hold private rallies on the big Baynes Field at Bridge End, during the clement months. For example, the Dunelm Caravan Association were there during this year’s May Fair, as shown in the…
The Dalek wins a reprieve . . .
The news came through yesterday afternoon about 4:00pm from the Hexham Courant as Breaking News after the Tynedale Local Area Council (ie the West Northumberland subsection of Northumberland County Council) had voted for a year’s reprieve, but was then featured…
The glorious 12th?
Apparently it’s anybody’s guess whether the shooting season really will start today; not only has the weekend weather been terrible, but grouse numbers are expected to be quite curtailed, compared to better years. Grouse moors are all around us, up…
A walk on the seaside
Minding Northumberland Guide‘s admonition not to attempt to walk across the mouth of the bay, with its wide expanse of sand, we’ll carefully skirt the edges, possibly venturing out to the water as long as we can safely keep ahead…
. . . on a summer holiday
Everything’s packed, Harry Hymer is prepped and the motor is warming up. We’re away for just a couple of days, not quite the ‘week or two’ of the song, but still. It’ll be a lovely little break, rain, shine, mist,…