On Sunday Mr C went to the Derby wargame show with a couple of his mates. I was asked if I wanted to go and I considered perhaps being dropped of at a Stately home nearby. I decided to stay at home, I thought there might be too much wargame talk in the car.
I had [...]
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12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2013
The alarm seemed to go off very early this morning…
Mr C quickly did his packing before we went for breakfast. There was a lot of banter as Toby served breakfast. When one of the other guests asked him if he was alright this morning, he looked at us and said ‘No not really’ and we [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2013
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Newcastle & Crookham – Day Nine
In the morning we visited Alnwick Castle which was labelled a ‘must do’ on Mr C’s list. We both enjoyed revisiting the castle and were rather relieved that we were English Heritage members, which allowed us discounted entry to the castle which normally costs £14.50. After I bought up yet another book from the gift [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2013
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Newcastle & Crookham – Day Eight
Over breakfast we decided that we would venture across the border into Scotland to visit Traquair House which had been recommended to us by the guests we had been chatting with in the lounge the previous evening. As we left the breakfast room Toby then Leona followed us out into the porch. They had mentioned [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2013
Once again we checked the weather forecast before deciding where we would go for the day. The weather looked as if it would be marginally better further south so we decided to visit Wallington, another National Trust property. Whilst we were sitting in the car plotting the route and programming the Satnav we heard a [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2013
After checking the weather forecast we decided to visit Cragside because the weather was going to be favourable. On our way there we detoured via Rothbury in order to find a cash point. Whilst we were in Rothbury Mr C insisted on locating for me the nice ladies clothes shop that I visited last time [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2013
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Newcastle & Crookham – Day Five
The 9th September was the 500th anniversary of The Battle of Flodden which took place in 1413. We visited the battlefield straight after breakfast whilst it was still quiet and there were only a few other people about. One of those people was a kilted Scotsman with whom we got into a discussion. We talked [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Sep 21st 2013
