Tag: northumberland

A history lesson

My dear friend Rebecca is visiting this weekend, which means I get to play tourist in my own home county, something that I enjoy very much. (Partly, I think, because after less than 8 months of living in Northumberland I still feel a bit like a tourist myself.)
Yesterday we went to Alnwick castle, seat of [...]

Welcome

As we had a little homewarming party last night, it seems only right to show you round the Old School House too, especially as you’ve so graciously put up with my wibbling on about move-related stuff for months.

Welcome. Please come in.

Please let me take your coat.

Here’s what Joy calls the Dibrary – dining room/library.

All hail [...]

Popping in

I’ve loved my years in London and I’m fairly sure that, taken back in time, I’d still choose to spend a couple of decades there. But now I live in a place where much of my family live within, if not walking-distance, then less-than-a-10-minute-drive distance. (Provided they have passed their driving test, of course, which [...]