o/t northumberland a few snaps

[Greavseywolf]

quiet on ere , so thought i'd risk this :D

been up there for a mini-break , staying near
bamburgh and seahouses.
great part of our country ,most houses are stone built and the beaches are great,
cannot get over the difference in clearness of the sea , compared to filey, scarborough and brid


holy island : overrated ( f#ck all there ) but very busy , still been and done it.

cragside : great day oot , forestry and the house plus the creation of hydro-electricity.

alnwick: super gardens but the castle is a shrine to harry potter , really commercialised.

seahouses: small town offering boat trips aroond the farne islands ( beltin fish n chips
in t'cafe an all )

bamburgh : the best of the lot for me, the castle retains all it's glory without the commercialism of alnwick.

anyroad a few snaps.

entrance to the house at cragside

http://i.imgur.com/HhsLSOG.jpg

a 1967 volvo estate in cragside car park , mint
condition.
http://i58.tinypic.com/iem9mw.jpg

bamburgh c

[John_Riggins]

[quote="Greavseywolf"]quiet on ere , so thought i'd risk this :D

been up there for a mini-break , staying near
bamburgh and seahouses.
great part of our country ,most houses are stone built and the beaches are great,
cannot get over the difference in clearness of the sea , compared to filey, scarborough and brid


holy island : overrated ( f#ck all there ) but very busy , still been and done it.

cragside : great day oot , forestry and the house plus the creation of hydro-electricity.

alnwick: super gardens but the castle is a shrine to harry potter , really commercialised.

seahouses: small town offering boat trips aroond the farne islands ( beltin fish n chips
in t'cafe an all )

bamburgh : the best of the lot for me, the castle retains all it's glory without the commercialism of alnwick.

anyroad a few snaps.

entrance to the house at cragside

http://i.imgur.com/HhsLSOG.jpg

a 1967 volvo estate in cragside car park , mint
condition.
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[wolves71]

Hope you and your Mrs enjoyed it Greavsey, love the pictures of bamburgh castle, the one of bamburgh cricket ground and the canon on bamburgh battlements.

[TundraWolf]

Great photos, Greavsey, thanks for sharing. The area is a part of England I have never visited, though you have just given us a few reasons to do so!

Btw, how did "Holy Island" get its? Was there a monastery there once?

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

Funnily enough me and the enemy are going up that way for a few days in September. Love the coastline all the way up from Tynemouth, worked up at Blyth Power Station and the Alcan plant many many times in the seventies. Thanks for the heads up anyway at least I know not to bother with Holy Island and Alnwick Castle, although I think the old railway station in Alnwick is now a really good bookshop/cafe specialising in railway stuff so that may be worth a look.

Greats pics as well mate.

[Mr.D]

Tuns holy island is also called Lindisfarne where is a monastery, at certain times of day you need to cross by boat as the causeway is underwater.

I used to go up that way a lot with the ex due to her brother living in Newcastle.
I spent many an hour browsing round barters books.

[tony]

Great photos mate, I think "bracing" is the word often used for those spectacular Northumberland beaches which are beautiful and would be packed in Summer but for one thing, "bracing" = f***ing FREEZING XD

Not been to Holy Island itself for 40 years; even back then it was like sliding back in time to a simple, tranquil, monastic age. Certainly an escape from the modern rat race but there was very little there and it sounds like it's never changed!

It's only a couple of hours drive from where I am but I haven't been up to Alnwick/Bamburgh for years. I went in 1995 and in those days, Alnwick Castle was unspoilt:

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Then when I returned a few years ago I was disappointed to see that, thanks to being used as a prominent location in the first Harry Potter film, it's virtually been turned into a tacky theme park. Such a shame.

Bamburgh is in a fine location and really impressive. Me and the wife still refer to "doing a Bamburgh" meaning not bo

[Woking88]

Glad you did this Greavsey. I had often thought it would be a good idea to have a thread like this. It is a great shame that the efforts of our North American friends will probably vanish from this board eventually. Hopefully this will gather pace and become a 'mine' of information and a focal point for this sort of posting.

My wife and I visited my rellies in North Shields in late March this year. We saw the magnificent gardens at Alnwick Castle and the water features, but the castle doesn't open until April so we missed out on that. We visited a variety of different places including St James' Park for Newcastle v Crystal Palace and the stunning Kielder dam and lake.

I enjoyed all of your pictures and comments, with the picture of the entrance to the house at Cragside being my favourite.

We recently visited Claremont Landscaped Gardens for the first time. In contrast to Wisley Gardens, which is just down the road, Claremont does not offer a lot in the way of flora, but has gr

[Woking88]

Tony, I must have stood exactly where you took that picture of Alnwick Castle with the lion in the foreground - just at the end of the bridge, if I remember correctly! :)

[tony]

I did wonder who the old nuisance dawdling about at the end of the bridge was...

Had to wait for him to amble off out of shot before I could take the photo.

I assumed it was the Village Idiot.


;D :P

[Mr.D]

I did wonder who the old nuisance dawdling about at the end of the bridge was...

Had to wait for him to amble off out of shot before I could take the photo.

I assumed it was the Village Idiot.


;D :POr a cretin XD

[Greavseywolf]

Greavsey, whilst you were in Alnwick, did you find a little pub off the High Street properly called Ye Old Cross? There is a window there with a painted sign above reading "Dirty Bottles", sometimes used informally as the for the pub itself.


hey up rents
wandered into alnwick town but only to get
some snap and a coffee..didnae notice t'pub
you mention.

as a recap , my views on holy island and
alnwick castle are purely personal , and
judging by the turnout in each venue ,maybe i am in the minority.. but likesay, will deffo not be making a return visit to either.

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[Dudleywolf]

Whilst in Devon, late April, I visted a lovely little resort- Burgh Island, accross a stretch of beach that gets covered at High tide, just a hotel and an ancient smugglers pub called the pilchard, I read a review and it sounded so good I drove down from Torquay and it was stunning, the weather helped of course. Just reminded me of Lindesfarne. Highly recommeded and just shows what a beautiful mostly unexplored country we live in.

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

Here is possibly my favorite spot on that stretch of coastline. Seaton Sluice. Nothing special just one of those places that gets you.

A great little boozer, the Kings Arms, good food, good beer, good local music and on a late summers evening a view to die for. Quiet and atmospheric, very special. For me anyway.

http://i62.tinypic.com/24x2kva.jpg

http://i57.tinypic.com/ae4kg4.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/2rxv0rb.jpg

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[Woking88]

My wife and I recently revisited Winchester. We will go back again soon as one day is just not enough to see everything worthy of note!


Winchester is England's ancient capital and a former seat of King Alfred the Great.


Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England and is located at the western end of the South Downs National Park, along the course of the River Itchen. It is situated 68 miles (109 km) south-west of London and 13.6 miles (21.9 km) from Southampton, its other closest city. At the time of the 2001 Census, Winchester had a population of 41,420.
Winchester's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral, one of the largest cathedrals in Europe, with the distinction of having the longest nave and overall length of all Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The city is also home to the University of Winchester and Winchester College, the oldest public school in the United Kingdom. The city's architectural and historic interest, and its fast links to other towns and ci