Archive for the tag 'Bamburgh'
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 2018
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Jesmond Dene & Cornhill 2018
32 Pounder Cannon
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2018
Dating from the late 1600s this gun was affectionately named the Armada Gun as it was believed to have come from the Spanish Armada vessel after the fleet was driven up the North Sea Coast. It was later confirmed as a Dutch trading vessel that was transporting cannons amongst a payload of other weapons. It [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Oct 29th 2018
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Jesmond Dene & Cornhill 2018
Bamburgh Castle
A brief history from the Bamburgh Castle website:
Spanning nine acres of land on its rocky plateau high above the Northumberland coastline Bamburgh is one of the largest inhabited castles in the country.
Bamburgh’s written history begins in the times of the Anglo-Saxons with one chronicler citing Bamburgh as probably the most important place in all of [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2018
Rain was gently falling when I woke up so there was no chance for a last linger on the roof terrace, although when the rain stopped I went outside and could almost smell the fresh air (I have no sense of smell). The service at breakfast was quicker than it had been on the previous [...]
17 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2018
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Grace Darling Museum
The photo above shows the coble in which Grace and her father launched in atrocious weather to rescue survivors from the steamship Forfarshire which had struck the Big Harcar rock on the Farnes. The photo below shows St Aidan’s church as viewed from the Grace Darling museum with rather calmer seas in the background.
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2017
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Coastal Road to Bamburgh
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 19th 2017
