Day 1 : We travelled from Sevenoaks and stopped off at Harewood House en route, before arriving in Newcastle;
Day 2 : Visits to Durham (a.m) and Beamish Open Air Museum (p.m);
Day 3 : visits to Alnwick and Cragside;
Day 4 : Visits to Lindisfarne, Bamburgh and Seahouses;
Day 5 : Return trip, with a visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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Harewood House
Harewood House Gardens and lake
U3A members enjoying tea outside the house.
Harewood House Library
Dining Room
Window draperies - made from painted and carved wood.
Drawing Room
Harewood House Gardens - large rhododendron.
The house also had its own small zoo
Durham Cathedral
Our U3A Group in Durham Market Place
Near the Cathedral - South Bailey
Cathedral Stained Glass Window - a modern interpretation of the Last Supper
Durham - Framwellgate
Detail on a Cathedral Door
Durham cafe society.
Beamish Open Air Museum - one of the original steam engines
The Main Street
Old Trams still in operation
Inside a Victorian house
Beamish Hall kitchen
Advert for vehicle hire service
Carriages for hire
Day 3 at Alnwick - Alnwick Castle
Our group meeting at Alnwick Castle
Statue of Harry Hotspur
Alnwick Castle - the Watchers
Alnwick Market Place
Alnwick Main Street
Cragside House
Cragside from the river valley.
Cragside - the main gallery
The solid, carved marble fireplace - weighing 10 tons !
Cragside Music Room
Cragside Formal Garden - Upper Level
Formal Garden - Lily Pond
Formal Garden - Lower Level
Cragside Visitor Centre
Day 4 - Lindisfarne Castle
Lindisfarne Harbour
The group assemble in the pouring rain - the only rain in the whole trip
Lindisfarne Village
Lindisfarne Priory
Statue of Saint Cuthbert
Lindisfarne Priory from the Harbour
Lindisfarne - a warning to the intrepid !
Bamburgh Main Street
Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle and local cricket ground
Portrait of Grace Darling in the Grace Darling Museum
The boat in which Grace Darling helped in the rescue.
Lindisfarne from Bamburgh
Bamburgh Castle from Seahouses
Seahouses Harbour
Out to sea from Seahouses
Yorkshire Sculpture Park in the 500 acre grounds of Bretton Hall
Part of the Family of Man by Barbara Hepworth
Figures to represent the animals of the Chinese New Yearby Ai Wei Wei
The Year of the Dragon
The Year of the Ram
Bretton Hall
Bretton Hall Chapel and another sculpture by Ai Wei Wei