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31 May 2006 - Bothal.
A late evening walk to Bothal, near Morpeth in Northumberland
wasn't intended for photography, however, a pocket compact camera
produced this shot, "through the gate"
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Bothal
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23 May 2006 - Tynemouth Priory.
Today we visited Tynemouth Priory and Castle to take
some photos of the ruins and the surrounding coastline.
During the second world war a gun battery was built
at the top of the cliffs in front of the priory to protect the River
Tyne entrance from enemy ships.
One of the large guns remains in restored condition
still pointing out to sea where many years ago it would have fired
it's shells for miles over the waves.
Here is a photo of the gun with it's battleship
grey paintwork glinting in the spring sunshine.
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Tynemouth Gun Battery.
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11 May 2006 - Morpeth, Northumberland.
A visit to Morpeth in Northumberland this morning
to take stock photos of the Castle.
Since it was such a fine morning it also seemed a
good opportunity to take some photos in Carlisle Park next to the
Castle.
The area near the entrance opposite Morpeth Court
always has very colourful flowers and shrubs.
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Carlisle Park, Morpeth.
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10 May 2006 - Chesters Roman Fort,
Chollerford, Northumberland.
After our visit to Belsay we moved on to Chesters
Roman Fort near Chollerford. There is a small museum here with Roman
artefacts and the excavated remains of the fort can be viewed.
This is also the place where the Roman Wall crossed
the River North Tyne via a bridge.
This photo was taken looking along the River North
Tyne towards Chollerford beside the north bridge abutment.
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River North Tyne, Chesters Fort.
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10 May 2006 - Belsay Gardens, Northumberland.
This morning we visited Belsay Hall and Gardens, a
few miles north of Ponteland in Northumberland. As well as the hall
and Gardens there is a castle and lake.
The Rhododendrons here are renowned as some of them
flower even in winter in the quarry garden. Some are flowering now
but the main show has not yet started although buds look as if they
are near to opening.
The lake is very pretty and tranquil as this photo
shows.
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Belsay Lake
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03 May 2006 - River Tyne, Newburn.
Today we visited the Tyne Riverside Country Park at
Newburn, just west of Newcastle, to take photos for our Tyne
Photos website.
We parked in the large car park beside the visitor
centre and walked along the footpath on the north bank of the River
Tyne towards Wylam
and returned along the same route. This is a very pleasant walk,
even though it starts beneath huge electricity pylons.
The path crosses from Tyne & Wear into Northumberland
after a short distance, so some of the photos will be used in the
Tyne
Valley section of our Northumberland site as well.
An unexpected sight so far up the river was a pleasure
cruiser taking passengers for a cruise on the River, presumably
from Newcastle.
In this photo horses get on with the important
business of eating and ignore their spectators in the boat.
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River Tyne - Newburn.
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