Visit Northumberland on March 27th, 2010

  A resident of Northumberland, Rosemary Dale, has created a blog which explores the Spirit of Place in North Northumberland. She discusses “the relationships that exist between spirit and place and between the tangible and the intangible elements of a site” and relates this phrase with her own experiences of Northumberland. Read more at http://spiritofplaceblog.blogspot.com/ [...]

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Northumberland Tourism on March 26th, 2010

  Northumberland Tourism’s efforts to help local pubs lift standards is featured in the most recent issue of The Publican. The Publican is the leading resource for the UK pub and bar industry. The article, by Claire Dodds, details the time she spent in Northumberland with Helen Spark, business relationship executive with NT, and Lesley [...]

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Cycle Hubs on March 16th, 2010

A special cycling event was held on Saturday 13th March as part of the Haltwhistle Cycle Hub Project to coincide with the Hadrian’s Wall illuminations. This is the first event to be held as part of the project. The event comprised a 17-mile cycle ride from Haltwhistle to Lanercost Priory, returning along the line of [...]

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Northumberland Tourism on March 15th, 2010

  English Heritage is offering visitors a last chance to see Stella McCartney’s stunning three metre high horse Lucky Spot this Easter (Fri 2 – Sun 18 April) before it leave Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens in Northumberland. Lucky Spot is a contemporary art sculpture made from more than 8000 Swarovski crystals. It was created [...]

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Northumberland Tourism on March 1st, 2010

  One of my all-time favourite flavours is ginger and I love anything infused with the root – biscuits, cake, chocolate and Gingin sweets made by The Ginger People. So I was very happy to discover that Northumberland company Fentimans has announced it’s going to launch a botanically brewed organic Cool Ginger Beer sometime this [...]

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