Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
HMS Trincomalee, the oldest warship still afloat in Europe dominates the authentically recreated historic quayside that is the home of the Royal Navy Museum in Hartlepool.
Now 200 years old, HMS Trincomalee is one of the last survivors of the sailing Navy and a fine example of the classic British frigate.
She was built in 1817 at [...]
Comments Off CherryPie on Mar 26th 2022
On our visit to the Heugh Battery I picked up a leaflet for a circular walk around the headland of Hartlepool. The trail is made up of a series of 17 information points located around the Ancient Borough of Hartlepool. After our museum visit we set off on the trail, starting and ending at point [...]
Comments Off CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2022
We arrived at breakfast to find that we had missed the rush and as a bonus we were seated in a quiet area well away from the buffet table.
Our destination for the day was Hartlepool, but before setting off we took a stroll along the river starting from a point next to our hotel. I [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2021
