09 June: Ripon Ripon market square
09 June: Ripon Inside Ripon Cathedral
09 June: Angel of the North Flying past, north-bound
09 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Arriving at the hotel
09 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Arriving at the hotel: Eileen
09 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Eileen & Ines
10 June: Bamburgh Castle Arriving at the castle
10 June: Bamburgh Castle view from the castle towards the Farne Islands
10 June: Bamburgh Castle Lord Armstrong: plaque
10 June: Bamburgh Castle BFI plaque
10 June: Bamburgh Castle Eileen, Ines, Judi
10 June: Bamburgh Castle AlanC, Ines
10 June: Bamburgh Castle AlanC and cannon
10 June: Bamburgh Castle AlanH
10 June: Bamburgh Castle The introductory talk
10 June: Bamburgh Castle Inside the castle
10 June: The harbour at Seahouses View towards Bamburgh Castle from the harbour at Seahouses
10 June: The harbour at Seahouses Diver freeing an entangled propeller in the harbour
10 June: Farne Islands On board the 'Glad Tidings'
10 June: Farne Islands Touring the islands
10 June: Farne Islands Mostly guillemots
10 June: Farne Islands Cormorant and guillemots
10 June: Farne Islands Another seal
10 June: Farne Islands Seals basking on a rock
11 June: Alnwick Gardens The Grand Cascade and fountain
11 June: Alnwick Gardens Eileen and a lion
11 June: Alnwick Gardens The Cherry Orchard: gardeners working
11 June: Alnwick Gardens The Cherry Orchard: ValerieP, PatC, Judi, Phylis
11 June: Alnwick Gardens The pond with two starkly contrasting water features
11 June: Alnwick Gardens The Poison Garden - under lock and key, guided tours only
11 June: Alnwick Gardens The Poison Garden: Eileen
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Pat Watson with the black eye that she sustained after a bad fall at Alnwick Gardens. Published here with her express permission - I think she's rather proud of it!
11 June: Craster At the Jolly Fisherman at Crastor for a lunch of crab sandwiches: Madeleine and Tony
11 June: Craster The harbour: PatW
11 June: Craster The harbour
11 June: Alnwick Castle Barbara & Leo at the castle
11 June: Alnwick Castle The main gate from the Garden
11 June: Alnwick Castle Inside the courtyard
11 June: Barters Books, Alnwick Famous secondhand bookshop: Eileen
11 June: Barters Books, Alnwick Famous secondhand bookshop
11 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Eileen in the hotel garden
11 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa The hotel garden
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Driving across the causeway
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Coach drop-off
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island The Castle
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Low tide around the island
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Eileen, with AlanH and Sue heading for the castle
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island 'Boat Houses': Lindisfarne, Northumberland (2013)
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island The walk up to the castle: Eileen
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island The walk up to the castle: Judi
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island With one of the caslte guides
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island AlanH, Sue and Eileen admiring a 'Turner' (some had doubts as to its provenance!)
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island The model ship suspended from the ceiling in the Ship Room
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Eileen & AlanC in reflective mood
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island The Music Room
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island A view from the castle
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Eileen entering the Gertrude Jekyll Garden next to the castle
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Plaque to Gertrude Jekyll in the Garden
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Unusual poppies in the Gertrude Jekyll Garden
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Castle and lamb!
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Castle and piper!
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Another view from the castle
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island The Priory ruin
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Inside St Maty's Church: sculpture commemorating St Aidan
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island Inside St Maty's Church
12 June: Lindisfarne - Holy Island St Aidan's RC Church
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Floral-hatted flower seller
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Eileen and stocks by the Town Hall (once painted by LS Lowry)
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Valerie, Eunice, AlanC, in the tea room by the Town Hall
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall: Eileen
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall: The house that LS Lowry NEARLY purchased!
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall: Ines, George, Eileen & Lynne at the gunpowder magazine
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall: at the gunpowder magazine with guide
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall: the gunpowder magazine
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall: AlanH & Sue
12 June: Berwick-upon-Tweed Walking the city wall: view of the railway viaduct
12 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Eileen & Alan at the hotel
13 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Lost in the maze! Barbara, Leo and Ines still trying to get to the middle
13 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Lost in the maze! Still trying to get to the middle. Lynne thinks she knows the way!
13 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Lost in the maze! Success for Barbara and Leo!
13 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa Lost in the maze! An attempted rescue by AlanC involved flying paper darts across to them. When this failed to get them out, a mermber of staff had to be summoned - just in time for them to catch the coach!
13 June: Cragside Arriving, with some transferring to the Hopper courtesy bus
13 June: Cragside Tumbleton Lake
13 June: Cragside The Clock Tower and Eileen
13 June: Cragside In the Formal Garden: AlanC
13 June: Cragside In the Formal Garden
13 June: Cragside In the Formal Garden: tulips and Eileen
13 June: Cragside In the Formal Garden: Madeleine and Tony
13 June: Cragside In the Formal Garden: Eileen with carved owl
13 June: Cragside In the Formal Garden: the carved owl
13 June: Cragside The Rustic Bridge
13 June: Cragside The Rustic Bridge: AlanH & Sue
13 June: Cragside The Pump House
13 June: Cragside Inside the Pump House
13 June: Cragside The house and the Iron Bridge
13 June: Cragside View from the Rustic Bridge
13 June: Cragside Eileen in the Rock Garden
13 June: Cragside View down into the Rock Garden from the house
13 June: Cragside How the Hydraulic Passenger Lift worked
13 June: Cragside Armstrong's study, with art installation 'Fulmination' by Irene Brown
13 June: Cragside Irene Brown's art installation 'Fulmination' in Armstrong's study
13 June: Cragside Rock Garden and Iron Bridge as seen from a window in the house
13 June: Cragside The Gallery
13 June: Cragside Art installation 'Give and Take' by Jo Coupe - electro-plating of live roses
13 June: Housesteads - Hadrian's Wall Signage for Vercovicium
13 June: Housesteads - Hadrian's Wall Walking to Vercovicium
13 June: Housesteads - Hadrian's Wall ValerieS, PatW, Eunice, Judi, Eileen, Tony, Lynne, PatC and George at Vercovicium
13 June: Housesteads - Hadrian's Wall The Wall at Vercovicium
14 June: Doxford Hall Hotel & Spa The morning of departure
14 June: Angel of the North Flying past - this time south-bound!
14 June: Durham Eileen, Ines, Judi, PatC, Elaine at the Cathedral
14 June: Durham The Sanctuary Knocker for fugitives (see next image)
14 June: Durham The Sanctuary Knocker - see previous image
14 June: Durham Inside the Cathedral
14 June: Durham Eileen resting half-way up to the top of the Cathedral Tower
14 June: Durham Eileen at the top of the Cathedral Tower
14 June: Durham View of Durham Castle from the top of the Cathedral Tower
14 June: Durham AlanC at the top of the Cathedral Tower
14 June: Durham View from the top of the Cathedral Tower