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northernvicar – April to June 2024

Posted on July 3, 2024 by admin

I had a good patch just after Easter and managed to get some train rides in. Dundee was fun! The garden at Wallington National Trust property was beautiful on 11 April, and I had a slow walk round. Another trip … Continue reading →

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northernvicar – January to March 2024

Posted on July 2, 2024 by admin

I’m coping with chemotherapy, but managing to get out. No churches visited, but you might like these photos. The level crossing gates remain at Thorneyburn station on the Hexham-Riccarton Junction route – the line closed in 1958. Lovely snowdrops at … Continue reading →

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Bewcastle, Cumbria – St Cuthbert (again)

Posted on January 18, 2024 by admin

On Tuesday 9 January 2024 we had a hire car sitting on the drive – Bristol Street Motors in Hexham being unable to get the right part to repair ours and Motability having a duty to keep their disabled customer … Continue reading →

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Barton, Cumbria – St Michael’s (again)

Posted on January 11, 2024 by admin

Monday 8 January 2024 and I caught the train to Penrith for a few hours with Clare. We had a leisurely coffee and scone in Pooley Bridge, then drove up the road to St Michael’s church, Barton – and realised … Continue reading →

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northernvicar November and December 2023

Posted on January 11, 2024 by admin

One of my ambitions in life has been to see the Northern Lights. We should have been in Orkney for the last fortnight, and there have been some lovely photos from there. We have also seen photos from Northumberland over … Continue reading →

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northernvicar October 2023

Posted on November 13, 2023 by admin

I started October with a Curator tour of the Wartime history of the English Heritge house at Belsay. The house was requisitioned at the start of WW2. The then owner, Stephen Middleton, kept a close eye on it, and there … Continue reading →

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Govan Old Church, Glasgow

Posted on November 9, 2023 by admin

Saturday 28 October 2023 was the oipportunity for a trip to Glasgow. Govan Old Stones had tweeted to say they were closing at the end of the month for a winter break, so why not visit now? I went Hexham, … Continue reading →

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northernvicar September 2023

Posted on November 9, 2023 by admin

We’re back in Northumberland, and the gardens at Belsay (English Heritage) are looking beautiful. I had a trip on the South Tynedale Railway and a hospital visit to Manchester via Liverpool. At Carlisle I was pleased to see 46115 “Scots … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumbria, National Trust, Northumberland, Railway interest | 1 Comment

Humshaugh, Northumberland – St Peter’s (again)

Posted on October 9, 2023 by admin

I blogged St Peter’s in 2010 and 2014, and visited again on Saturday 23 September 2023. In 2014 they were debating moving the church entrance to the side where people come. A decade later they have gone for the cheaper … Continue reading →

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Ryton, Tyne & Wear – Holy Cross

Posted on October 8, 2023 by admin

I came to Ryton just a couple of weeks ago to pick up an Argos order from the little branch of Sainsbury’s, but fortunately I checked as the church of Holy Cross which I wanted to visit this Heritage Open … Continue reading →

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