Gilsland Spa Hotel
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2 years on
Rheged, also used as a reference to the 'old north', which I assume is the reason for its name, is situated just off junction 40 of the M6 in Cumbria. Advertised as a ‘all weather day out’ it is in my view unlikely to fill all of your day.
There is a regular bus service from Penrith which stops at the main entrance, and goes on to Keswick and Workington, and it is also just 5 minutes from Penrith’s main train ...
Hexham - absolut eine Reise wert!
... mit einem „Ceilidh“, – eine Art Volks- bzw. Folkloretanz in Gemeinschaft, sowie ein gut mundendes Buffet in der „Parish-Hall von Corbridge.
Am Sonntag war ein Tagesausflug mit dem Bus nach Tynemouth angesagt. Das Lunch hatten wir in einem, in der ganzen Region bekannten „Fish & Chips-Restaurant“ Nun war Bewegung sinnvoll. Mit dem Besuch eines Kunst- und Trödlermarktes, sowie anschließend der ...
Hadrian's wall.
... bleating, stinking sheep all you could smell was ewe lol Peter is hilarious NOT. " phew was that ewe" is all we heard out of his mouth. We try and get up early to go to the Roman Fort at Birdowald and Hadrian's Wall for a look around. Built in 122AD We walk through paddocks where the kids were dodging sheep goona. In it's day the wall was imposing. Built to mark the edge of the Roman Empire and to keep the Scottish out the wall was around 3.1m wide and 4.7m high. On ...
Roman Army Museum, Vindolanda Fort, Hadrian's Wall
... Scotland, which was 2 hrs away and it was 7pm. I guess it will be another late night. We reached the Scotish border at almost 8pm, it was cold & dark but we all had to jump out and take photos. The kids jumped from England into Scotland, something they've always talked about doing. The cold did not deter them, they could not conceal their excitement. We at last are in Scotland, the land of my husband's ancestry & his birth ...
Mum goes to her friend / Board games (Nicky)
Today, until the tenth, mum went to her friends place after her birthday. We went to water world, as well as playing loads of new board games. Here is a list of new games we got this holiday. - Forbidden Island - Labyrinth - Axis and Allies - Small World - Small World Underground - Agricola We got SWU and Agricola ...
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- Restaurant
- Free parking