This summer new works by leading contemporary artists including the sculptor Ron Mueck, street artist Slinkachu and artist Mat Collishaw, will fill the beautiful grounds and historic rooms at Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens, a property in the care of English Heritage in Northumberland. The exhibition, entitled Extraordinary Measures, opens tomorrow, May 1. It explores [...]
Sunday April 25, 2010 was a great day for the annual Warkworth Raft Race and Whellie Bin Race. There was a great turn out for the event, timed for St Georges Day, and in aid of the RNLI Lifeboats. See the photographs on Facebook. Remember to tag yourself if you were there! – Ian [...]
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This afternoon I was invited to give a presentation about the cycle hubs project to Hadrian’s Wall Villages tourism group at their meeting at New Mills Trout Farm – sounded like an intriguing meeting venue and I wasn’t disappointed! It’s open 6 days a week (7 days in peak season) from 10am – 5pm and [...]
I’m just starting to work on ideas for itineraries around Northumberland. The finished product will be hosted on our main site, www.visitnorthumberland.com and will include the length of the tour, places to eat, little-known facts . . . all kinds of useful and interesting things like that. The first two will be focused on [...]
The South Tyne Trail really is a treasure.The first time I encountered the trail was on my very first visit to Haltwhistle last October, when I cycled down to Slaggyford and back in glorious autumn sunshine. For those of you who don’t know it, it’s part of the Pennine Cycleway (NCN Route 68) and as [...]
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