Last Monday, on our way home from our stay in Durham, we stopped in the village of Blanchland. It has been described as the prettiest of villages, and you can read more about its history here. When we saw this building .......
....... we thought it had been a church, but it was the village school. It has now been turned into the White Monk Tea Rooms - we had a very pleasant lunch there.
One very old building in the village is the Abbey
At the back of the Abbey you can see where the building has changed over the years - the marks on the wall show the roof lines of other parts which have been demolished
We think this stone structure once housed a water supply for the village
We were puzzled by these oddly shaped stones, but we discovered that they had been part of the winding engine at a nearby lead mine
And to end - a little bit of fun ........
....... don't worry, it's not incontinent ladies who cause the flooding - the toilets are next to the river!