Durham Break

We had a lovely short break in Durham from Sunday -Wednesday..We were able to go and see our lovely little grandaughters  Hollie and Lucie who live nearby. They are growing up so quickly..

They loved their pressies we took them..looking forward to seeing them down here in Oct..

We went to the Beamish Museum on the Monday--the weather was beautiful...perfect for looking around! Its much bigger than expected though-good job there are regular trams and buses to take you to each section! You really need all day to go round here, so much going on!

So much to see and do there..

making bread..

This reminded me of my Granny Sankeys back bedroom...she had a bed just like this one--complete with the pot under the bed!

the 'smalls' or should that be the 'larges' lol drying by the fire!

the old privvie

loved the little porky pigs sunbathing in the sty's

On the way home we stopped by at The Angel Of The North--we have been by it many times with no time to stop so it was great to be able to go up close to it and see it...

We were not very impressed with our accommodation--at The Bay Horse, Brandon ---the carpet was filthy, the springs had gone in the sofa and the wall lights didn't work--also the electric sockets didn't work...glad we didn't pay the full price for it....but left appropriate review on Tripadvisor..shame it had great potential..

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