.……. than to decide to have a day out on the day that the schools broke up for the summer, because of course that meant that it rained!! There was the odd spot of rain as we pottered round Corbridge, enjoying the old-fashioned shops
you can buy everything you need for the kitchen here (and quite a lot of things you never knew you needed until you saw them in the shop!)
there are lots of places to eat, and we finally decided on Café No. 6
where we shared this very tasty ploughman's platter
the road climbed and climbed as we drove through the rain along the old Roman Military Road, which served Hadrian's Wall. The sat-nav informed us that we had reached 892 feet above sea-level
we called in at The Sill, which has now been open for about a year
there are lots of very interesting and informative exhibits, but we were more interested in going up on to the roof to see the scenery
normally at this time of year, the fields would be green, but the long hot summer means the view is more brown than green
the rain had gone off, but there were still lots of threatening clouds hanging over us
some people who live "down south" like to say that it is "grim up north" ……. but if this is grim, I would rather live here!!
on the way back to the car, I stopped to take this photo - a gnarly tree, a falling down bit of wall, and a little bit of higgledy piggledy fence …… and there are even some sheepies in the distance
I just had time to snatch this photo as we drove past on the way home - this is the famous Sycamore Gap
tomorrow I will be heading up to Kelso with my friend Sonia, to see the Abbey Quilters' exhibition. That means I will finally be able to show you all the quilting that I did for Margaret, the Queen of Appliqué, so do pop in again on Monday to see her wonderful work. Have a great weekend, love Anne