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Walking on the coast of Northumbria
Based in Bamburgh, our group of 10-plus-guide Walking Women were introduced to the region by learning about the local heroine, Grace Darling. In 1838, at age 22, she and her father rowed out from their lighthouse and rescued several survivors from a shipwreck. In the museum dedicated to her we saw the actual coble they rowed, and it's big and heavy – how she did it in stormy seas, I don’t know. Unfortunately, she died four years later. ...
I can see Scotland from here
... river to arrive at Berwick station.
LS Lowry (1887-1976), a famous English painter, was especially fond of Berwick. There's now a Lowry Trail around town, with panels and his artwork.
I met three other women at the bus stop, all of us bound for the walking holiday. So much rain lately in this area had forced the blockage of the coastal road just south of Bamburgh, so we were lucky to be stopping at Bamburgh.
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Och aye laddie and lassies
... we were freezing our butts off. They run around for an hour then we head off to check out the local castle then find something to eat. Get back to the van to find we still can get TV reception lol nearly kills Grace and Peter. Oh and the gas bottle has runout so poor Peter has to go and change that over so by now the wind is howling through and it is freezing. I think he is enjoying the cold. ...
Out of the darkness and Into the light
... shouted at me and stormed off.
This error was to open up the floodgates for the staff then began to explain to my simple mind how to do incredibly difficult things like hoover, or wipe a table. Perhaps the worst person for this kind of behaviour was our erratic manager, who would do almost anything to avoid working and then come in when everybody had left and start telling me how to pour tonic into a glass of gin. The manager would then proceed ...
Alnwick - Lions, Cellars, and Dukes!
... tours, was a new thing at Alnwick Castle. They converted the old cellar into a 20min creepy tour/show in the dark underground halls. There were professional actors bringing us through each of the rooms with lights, hidden speakers and sweet props. It was like a real haunted house, but with actors who interact with you and try to scare you. Really well done. I was sometimes at the back of our 13 person group and the "guide" who was ...
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