Category Archives: Northumberland

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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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 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 →

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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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northernvicar August 2023

Posted on September 10, 2023 by admin

We started the month with a trip north over the Border to Melrose, and a visit to the Roman Museum at Trimontium – https://www.trimontium.co.uk/. It reminds us that the Romans did move north – by 79 AD they were pushing … Continue reading →

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northernvicar July 2023

Posted on August 2, 2023 by admin

Our last month in Derbyshire, and we can still find new experiences. Kedleston was a favourite spot during lockdown, but my days of walking “The Long Walk” are over. On Monday 3 July I found they now have a Tramper … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks – July 2021

Posted on August 26, 2021 by admin

Northern Vicar is not very good at walking. I only managed 17 miles this month, partly because of an ingrowing toenail. I did manage railway trips to Marple, the tram curve in the middle of Sheffield, the early morning curves … Continue reading →

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Thockrington, Northumberland – St Aidan

Posted on August 26, 2021 by admin

On Tuesday 25 May 2021 we were in Northumberland, collected Harry, drove north to Barter Books, then south via Edlingham (which was locked), Otterburn Mill for lunch, then onto the A68 and south – until I saw the sign for … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks October 2020

Posted on November 28, 2020 by admin

Harvest Festival without “We plough”, weddings with 15 people, baptisms with 6, and more time at home. i was a speaker on WW1 Great Eastern Women at a Zoom conference on “Women in Transport” that should have been at Swindon. … Continue reading →

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