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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
... and experienced guide. We walked the walls – we’re only two-and-a-quarter miles from the Scottish border – and I learned that this crucial town changed hands between England and Scotland 13 times over the course of its history!
To get over the Tweed River and to Scotland, trains cross a splendid example of 19th century engineering: the Royal Border Railway Viaduct curves with 28 arches ...
Lindisfarne - The Holy Island
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Lindisfarne Priory was founded in 634 by St. Aidan, who arrived from the monastery run by St. Columba in Iona, Scotland. The thriving priory rapidly became one of the most important centers of early Christianity in England. However, the priory had a roller coaster existence. It was abandoned due to Viking raids ...
Warkworth - A Very Thin Place
... two bars on the charge icon do not really mean anything since my battery ran out just as we got to the castle. Fortunately, I had my iPhone and could take pictures with it.)
Getting a feel for what a real castle was like inside was very ...
Alnwick - Home of Hogwarts
... country, I am not quite as comfortable as Bill - that's a big understatement - with just taking off and not knowing things like when the ferry actually leaves, where it leaves from, and if an advance reservation is necessary. So, the unplanned thing I did that day was gather the necessary information and make reservations for my trip on Thursday. It should have been simple but turned into kind of an ordeal. When we ...
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