..... a short haircut, that is. Malcolm is very fussy about how his hair is cut, and recently has been going to a barbers in Alnwick - he goes after he has dropped me off at Anne's shop. As usual, for at least the last two weeks I have been saying "You need a haircut dear", so on Monday he suggested that, as the weather forecast was reasonable, we could have a day out in Anwick on Wednesday. As I hadn't been to the town for years, I happily agreed. It was a bit grey when we left home, but as we drove south the weather improved
while Malcolm was getting his hair cut, I pottered round the town looking for things to take photos of, first looking up
then looking round
a shop devoted to chocolate!!
when Malcolm eventually emerged from the barbers (who knew it took so long to have short hair cut a bit shorter!) we went to this delightful coffee shop for lunch
Malcolm had chorizo quesadilla, with salad, mayo and hummus
and I had a delicious seeded roll with cheese savoury, also with salad, and mayo in the cute little pot
after lunch, we walked round to Barter Books
there were so many books, it was a bit overwhelming, and in the end we didn't buy anything. I think we would need to go back when we had much more time to spend browsing
as we continued on our walk, we spotted this flowering currant, which is much further on than the one in our front garden
our next stop was at Alnwick Castle, but as the castle is closed for the winter, we just had to view it from afar
we could have visited Alnwick Garden, but we decided to save that for a brighter day. We just had a sneaky peak through the entrance at the water cascade when the attendant wasn't looking!
as we left, I noticed this tiny rusty door - it is about the size of an A4 sheet of paper. I wonder what it is for?
continuing our walk, we came across this fine statue of Harry Hotspur
I still have quite a few photos left, so I shall save them for tomorrow. To finish today's post ....... a litttle hint of spring, some bright aconites