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We arrived at breakfast to find that it was a self service buffet arrangement. The choice was extensive although the experience wasn’t entirely pleasant. Some guests picked up bread then changed their mind and put it back in the stack. Others were crowding around the toast machine and coughing and sneezing whilst waiting for the [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Newcastle & Durham Day Five
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2021
After breakfast we checked out of the Vermont and, in a last minute change of plan, visited Hexham on the way to our new destination, Durham. First port of call was Hexham Gaol which is built with stone from the nearby Roman Corbridge site and bills itself as the earliest purpose-built prison in England.
Afterwards we [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2021
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Durham Cathedral
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2013
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Sanctuary Knocker – Durham Cathedral
It is tempting to think of cathedrals simply as places of worship, but theire civic function was as a place of sanctuary. People who had committed a ‘great offence’, for example killing in self defence or escaping from prison, could clame sanctuary within the cathedral for 37 days. after which they either had to [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2013
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Durham Castle
For some 750 years Durham Castle was the ceremonial palace of the Prince Bishops of Durham. Since the 1980s it has been the home of the University College, the foundation College of the University of Durham.
Within the castle are many interesting features including the Great Hall and the Black Staircase, but the part of the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2013
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Newcastle & Crookham – Day Three
After breakfast we set out for Durham in order to visit the cathedral and the Lindesfarne Gospels exhibition. Unfortunately when we enquired at the visitor information centre about tickets to see the Gospels we were advised that the earliest time slot possible for that day was 7.30pm. We didn’t fancy hanging around all day so [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 18th 2013
