Archive for the tag 'Vacation'
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Newcastle at Night
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2021
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Jesmond Dene
It is probable that the steep sided valley we know as Jesmond Dene has always been wooded, but gradually, industries crept in and by the 19th century the Dene was home to watermills, various quarries and pits and an iron foundry. Prior to the mid 1800s the woodland was probably more straggly than today and interspersed with a heavy undergrowth [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
The Marriott Hotel – Durham
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
The Vermont Hotel
7 Comments CherryPie on Oct 8th 2021
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Newcastle & Durham – Day Ten
When we arrived at breakfast I found to my disappointment the bread that accompanied the continental breakfast selection was stale and inedible!
We had booked tickets to visit Auckland Castle, the former home of the Prince Bishops of Durham. We arrived with plenty of time to spare so we used the opportunity to book tickets to [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 5th 2021
