NORTHUMBERLAND

Bamburgh Castle is one of my favourite castles in the world, an ancient fortress on the Northumberland coastline that has over 3000 years of history!  So, when I was invited …

Set in an old Victorian railway station, Barter Books Alnwick is an enormous second-hand bookshop that has over 350,000 books in its archives. They are often nicknamed the ‘The British …

Walltown Crags is a spectacular section of Hadrian’s Wall and viewpoint in Hexham, Northumberland National Park. From here, you can see the Roman Walltown Turret, walk along a section of …

The Temple of Mithras on Hadrian’s Wall is a shrine dedicated to the Roman God Mithras who slew a sacred bull in a cave.  Mithraism was essentially a Roman religious …

One of my favourite walks in all of Northumberland is the Sycamore Gap walk from Steel Rigg along the historic Hadrian’s Wall. The Sycamore Gap is an iconic ‘dip’ in …

If there is one thing I look forward to drinking when I visit Northumberland, it’s Lindisfarne Mead! Often called the ‘nectar of the gods’, this incredible honey wine has a …

I may be a little bit late to the party, but I am well and truly obsessed with The Last Kingdom series on Netflix based on the popular Saxon Stories …

When I heard that there was an Alnwick Treehouse Restaurant in Northumberland where I could eat in the biggest treehouse in the entire world, I knew I had to visit!  …

Once a year in Northumberland, there is an Alnwick Gardens Cherry Blossom festival that takes place for a week or two!  It’s a time when 329 Taihaku trees blossom together …

Hidden away in the Northumbrian countryside is a small but deadly garden and every plant inside it has the ability to kill you!  It’s called the Alnwick Poison Garden and …