Category Archives: Northumberland and Durham

Posts predominantly related to Northumberland and County Durham

Taking a ride on the Shields Ferry

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

Last summer when I was walking Hadrian’s Wall on my fundraising trip, I took a brief diversion on the way to see Bede’s chapel at Jarrow and the ancestral home of of George Washington in the aptly named Washington Hall. … Continue reading →

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ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD

Posted on August 22, 2018 by

Recently when I was in the area for my Hadrians Wall walk, I took a detour to a place I had long wanted to visited.  Not too many miles from the ancestral home of George Washington which I visited on … Continue reading →

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Washington Old Hall – The Ancestral Home of George Washington

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

A few weeks ago when I was walking along Hadrians Wall, I took the opportunity to make a few deviations along the way.  One such side-trip was to the ancestral home of George Washington in the aptly named old village … Continue reading →

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Vindolanda Writing Tablets

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

When I was recently walking Hadrians Wall, there were countless Roman sites to visit either on or just off the wall.  Having visited many all ready, the one I most wanted to visit was Vindolanda.   You can see my blog … Continue reading →

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Holding a nearly 2,000 year old Roman shoe at Vindolanda

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

I’ve been so busy with my tours that I haven’t had a day off since April 16th and so my blog posts are currently a bit shorter than usual.  Even last week when I would be walking for up to … Continue reading →

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I met perhaps the most famous tree in the world at Sycamore Gap

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

If you think of how many trees are famous; there are quite a few of them but compared to the countless billions of trees on the planet they are really few and far between.  Some famous trees are no longer … Continue reading →

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Walking Hadrian’s Wall For Cancer Research

Posted on March 15, 2018 by

A different sort of post just for a change.  This week is the birthday of my Mother whose death occurred almost 5 years ago.  She suffered from cancer on several occasions and so  my wife, uncle and I have decided … Continue reading →

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