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Northumberland - Days 8 & 9 - Hexham and Hadrian's Wall

Northumberland - Days 8 & 9 - Hexham and Hadrian's Wall

Day 8 - Monday A bright sunny start to the week. We left Bellingham after a quick walk into town to get Mitzi checked out at the vet as she was lame. So much walking probably and she got a clean bill of health and some anti inflammatories with instructions

Northumberland - Days 6 & 7 - Bellingham and Kielder Water

Northumberland - Days 6 & 7 - Bellingham and Kielder Water

The weather has got a bit warmer now - Sunday afternoon. Saturday was a very wet afternoon but despite the mixed weather we have managed some nice walks. We decided to stay around Bellingham on Saturday and did 2 walks - the "classic" falls walk - Hareshaw Linn

Northumberland - Day 5 - Rothbury and Bellingham

Northumberland - Day 5 - Rothbury and Bellingham

We managed to leave Fowberry Farm in pretty good time after breakfast and Bridget's early morning run on Bamburgh beach. The plan for the day was to get to Rothbury, which turned out to be a nice market town, do a 5 mile ish walk, get some lunch

Northumberland - Days 3 & 4 - Bamburgh and Seahouses

Northumberland - Days 3 & 4 - Bamburgh and Seahouses

Wednesday turned out to be a lovely day and we had a long walk with the dogs around Bamburgh stopping at the butcher, Carter & Sons - famous locally for its bangers - for some lunchtime snacks and an ice-cream. Thursday morning promised to be showery and it was. We

Northumberland - Day 2 - Lindisfarne and Bamburgh

Northumberland - Day 2 - Lindisfarne and Bamburgh

We had a good journey north to Northumberland Angel of the North - Newcastlefrom Boroughbridge and made the causeway to Lindisfarne just as the tide retreated. It was however raining but undeterred we set off to explore. We had excellent coffee in Pilgrims Coffee [https://www.pilgrimscoffee.com] with superb

Northumberland - Day 1 - to Boroughbridge North Yorkshire

Northumberland - Day 1 - to Boroughbridge North Yorkshire

Well after much planning, and loading Vincent with new stuff - some nice (the Cadac BBQ), some useful but boring (the wing mirror protectors and the windscreen thermal guard) and some necessary (food) we managed to set off , with Mizti and Luna, at 9.15! At 10.15, approaching the

A weekend in Devizes

Day 1 - 28th March For Bridget's birthday we decided to have a long weekend away and decide on Devizes. We stayed at the Camping and Caravanning site [https://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/wiltshire/melksham/devizes-camping-and-caravanning-club-site/] at Sells Green just outside Devizes on the Kennet and

Cycling in the New Forest in January

Our next trip was a night away cycling in the New Forest. A bit of a last minute thing but the weather was clear and it was not too cold.... and also a goof bit of training for our Chile and Argentina holiday. We stayed at a campsite which was

Our First Trip

Our first trip away in Vincent was for 2 nights back in November 2018. We arranged to have an alarm fitted at Vanbitz [http://www.vanbitz.com/] based at Cornish Farm which is walking distance of Taunton on the 23rd. We had their Strikeback [https://www.vanbitz.com/wp-content/uploads/