Archive for the tag 'Brough'

Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021

Brough Castle

After a ‘Northern Adventure’, on the way home we often stop off for lunch at Brough ice cream parlour and tea room. The food is delicious with the added bonus of views of the castle.
If there is time I am always tempted to walk up to the castle to take in the scenic views and [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2022

Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.
Morihei Ueshiba

4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2022

Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021

Newcastle & Durham – Day Eleven

The good news was the bread for the continental breakfast was not stale. The bad new was that there was no bread at all. Leaving breakfast slightly underwhelmed, we put our luggage in the car and checked out of the hotel.
Our first stop was Barnard’s Castle to visit the ruined castle which we had found [...]

9 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2021

Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016

Newcastle & Alnwick – Day Seven

We were all packed and ready to go before we went down for our last breakfast in the Courtyard Garden. During breakfast we realised that there had been a bit of a mix up over the number of nights that we were staying, our hosts were expecting us to stay another night. Before we set [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2016

Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013

Newcastle & Crookham – Day Ten

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