My ingredients for a perfect day out, in no particular order, are historic buildings and gardens, bookshops and tea shops. The town of Alnwick in Northumberland offers all these and more. Alnwick Castle has been in the hands of the … Continue reading A Perfect Day in Alnwick
If I were ever so unfortunate as to be imprisoned in the Old Gaol at Hexham, I would definitely want to be accommodated on the first floor. The gaol was built on the orders of Archbishop Melton in 1330. Unusually … Continue reading Hexham: The Moving Skull and other stories
2022 is the 1900th anniversary of the construction of Hadrian’s wall – once the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Until last year the only part of the wall we had visited was Segedunum, … Continue reading Weekend on the Wall
Heritage Weekends 