I booked on a workshop with Whistlebare which is south of Berwick then arranged a week around it. I drove to Stanley staying at Hotel 52 in order to visit the Beamish museum. Managed to spend a couple of hours at the museum before checking in to the hotel. I think I prefer the Black Country museum but Beamish will be worth visiting again when a new hotel and a 1950s town is built.
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| Images from Beamish |
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| The owl in the church |
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| Two windows on landings and one bedroom window |
I drove up to Cornhill on Tweed via Washington WWT and my friends Mary and Terry at Ponteland. Mary had lunch waiting for me. It was good to catch up. Poor Terry was still recovering from yet another accident with his bike. A motorist hit him and then drove off leaving him lying in the road!!!!
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| Images from WWT |
spent Friday exploring mainly Ford, Ford Moss nature reserve and Etal before having dinner at the golf course in Coldstream. Not a lot of choice for early food around but golf courses are always a good option instead of the pub.
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| St Peters Parish Church Chillingham |
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| Spotted 3 yellowhammers but heard lots on my circular walk around the reserve |
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| Images from Ford village |
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| Etal castle |
Saturday was the day of the workshop. Hosted by Alice Elsworth of Whistlebare, the workshop was run by Karie Westermann. It was certainly a Grand Day out. We visited the farm with all the new borns, had a good chat about knitting and came away with lots of wool.
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| Stopped off at Twizel Bridge before the workshop |
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| The new generation of beautiful wool for Whistlebare |
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| Managed a quick snap of this Wensleydale lamb before the ewes clustered around it and blocked the lamb from view |
I checked out of The Birdcage, my B & B for 3 nights - very comfortable and moved on to Scotland. I spent a few hours in North Berwick watching the gannets before driving to my next B & B Dunclutha Guest House in Leven.
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| On the way up to North Berwick |
Visited in Dundee on Monday and then to Falkland Palace. Rained in Dundee and was sunny in Falkland but with black clouds hovering.
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| Spent awhile taking images of street art on the walk into Dundee from the free car park. This is a collage with background from an exhibit in the V & A |
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| A fashion show was being shown on film in the V & A making for some interesting images |
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| Walking back to the car, the rain clouds are gathering |
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| Waiting for the rain to stop in the Botanic gardens |
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| Images from Falkland Palace |
Tuesday I was in St Andrews to have lunch with my cousin's on my fathers' side, Margaret and Mary.
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| The cathedral |
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| Female eider by the footpath |
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| The castle |
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| St Salvator Chapel |
Checked out on Wednesday and drove to the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park in Yorkshire. A couple of hours strolling around this fabulous garden before checking into The Corner House Hotel in Leeming Bar.
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| Detail from the doors of the Himalayan hut |
Back home on Thursday. 6 weeks before I am off again to Georgia with Wild Frontiers, trip organised by Wanderlust magazine.
