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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I went to Northumberland, it was really nice.
Went to Alnwick castle, great big castle... pretty good.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:21, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
Went to Alnwick castle, great big castle... pretty good.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:21, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
Is that the one I went to in the rain? I get that and Dunstanborough mixed up still.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:30, Reply)
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:30, Reply)
Dunstanburgh
is the one I walked to then. Had the place entirely to ourselves because everyone else was too pussy to walk in the wind and rain.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:35, Reply)
is the one I walked to then. Had the place entirely to ourselves because everyone else was too pussy to walk in the wind and rain.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:35, Reply)
I keep banging on about this,
but I went to Warkworth, near Alnwick in April for a week. Best place I've stayed in the UK. It's equal to Cumbria in terms of beauty but is far less overrun with tourists. As the guy who owned Chillingham Castle said when asked if he wantd to make Northumbria as popular as Combria or Yorkshire, 'As beloved, yes. As popular, No, please, never'.
So yeah, i'd agree with Northumbria and Cumbria.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:24, Reply)
but I went to Warkworth, near Alnwick in April for a week. Best place I've stayed in the UK. It's equal to Cumbria in terms of beauty but is far less overrun with tourists. As the guy who owned Chillingham Castle said when asked if he wantd to make Northumbria as popular as Combria or Yorkshire, 'As beloved, yes. As popular, No, please, never'.
So yeah, i'd agree with Northumbria and Cumbria.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:24, Reply)
Nice.
This is making me want to go back quite badly. It's fucking lovely up there.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:33, Reply)
This is making me want to go back quite badly. It's fucking lovely up there.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:33, Reply)
I went to a wedding there.
Got utterly trousered on free champagne and smashed my nose on the way home.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:37, Reply)
Got utterly trousered on free champagne and smashed my nose on the way home.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:37, Reply)
Northumberland has an extensive but threatened red population.
There's a huge grey culling operation going on, which I worked on the grant for.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:51, Reply)
There's a huge grey culling operation going on, which I worked on the grant for.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:51, Reply)
Northumberland, sometimes referred to as England's best kept secret.
This may explain why our economy's fucked, hardly anyone visits.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:32, Reply)
This may explain why our economy's fucked, hardly anyone visits.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:32, Reply)
Found a great pub in Seahouses that did the best chips ever, cooked in beef dripping.
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( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:38, Reply)
Northumberland's got Newcastle in it, doesn't it?
That's why I avoid it.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:35, Reply)
That's why I avoid it.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:35, Reply)
Technically, no. Tyne & Wear is a seperate district.
And Newcastle's a nice city if you avoid the bigg market after 7pm.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:41, Reply)
And Newcastle's a nice city if you avoid the bigg market after 7pm.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:41, Reply)
You could have said it is in Lancashire
and I'd only be about 30% sure you were wrong.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:45, Reply)
and I'd only be about 30% sure you were wrong.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:45, Reply)
Based on my limited experience, Newcastle is nicer than Durham precisely because you can at least get away from Bigg Market, whereas Durham is so small that come Friday and Saturday night, the drunken bareley dressed vomitting and fighting locals are unavoidable.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:45, Reply)
Very, yes.
It was lovely during the day, just no good for a tee totaller in the evening.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:56, Reply)
It was lovely during the day, just no good for a tee totaller in the evening.
( , Tue 14 Aug 2012, 14:56, Reply)
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