Renton 21638 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Is that a holiday home then PL or do you live there? The Cheviots are fantastic and then there's the stunning coast nearby - Bamburgh, Lindisfarne, Alnmouth. Like you say though there's no work and its a bit too far to commute to Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15552 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Property speculators are what helped make the economy go boom-then-bust (and, indirectly, this election so meaningless). I propose a lifetime ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17285 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Is that a holiday home then PL or do you live there? The Cheviots are fantastic and then there's the stunning coast nearby - Bamburgh, Lindisfarne, Alnmouth. Like you say though there's no work and its a bit too far to commute to Newcastle. I rent it out as I now live in Poole in Dorset....another great place to live, but I'm doing 12 hour nights in the RN/BAE shipyard in Portsmouth which is a 50 mile drive as theres no fuckin work in Dorset either The shipyard is just like home really...full of exiled jocks and geordies from swan hunters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17285 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Property speculators are what helped make the economy go boom-then-bust (and, indirectly, this election so meaningless). I propose a lifetime ban. Can't disagree with much of that, but I was brought up in the village and the girl who rents it out is from there too....it also made a change for a "local" to buy a property in the village rather than the more usual lawyer or accountant from Newcastle or Edinburgh to use as a holiday home. The girl sent her kids to the village school and uses the pub and shops, which is more than your average professional career type person usually does, the villages surrounding Kelso are full of these types and they don't really contribute much to village life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4728 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Everyone thinks the Highlands are beautiful (which they are) but the Borders are very underrated imo. Couldnt agree more, I went to school in Kelso and it's a stunning area. Most people think Northumberland and The Borders are just places you travel through to get to the Highlands and Edinburgh but for me they are the best areas in Britain to live. Pity theres no decent work like but there you go Alnwick was named as the best place in England to live a few years back by Country Life magazine and they described the area between Newcastle and Edinburgh as the last unspoilt area in the UK outside of the Highlands. Property prices subsequently went therough the roof, but not before I bought a bungalow in the village where I was brought up which has trebled in price. This is the view from the bedroom window in the house where I was brought up.... my old man's beehives, high up in the Cheviots...he makes his own honey Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Some back view eh. Reminds me of the College Valley up near Rothbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 (edited) Thought Id add a few Edited May 15, 2010 by JawD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4728 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Thought Id add a few Very Nice but a brief description would be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Oh ok then Top 5 are from in and around Lanchester where I live. Most as you can tell I took this last winter. The bottom two are from Thrunton Woods up near Rothbury which is one of the walks I do a couple of times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Took this the other week with my iPhone. Hence why the quality is pap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 may as well put this in here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Few more. These are from the weekend. I was walking up in the cheviots. This walk is along the Coquet Valley (Just north of Rothbury) and then up to Windy Gyle (3rd highest in the cheviots) and runs along the Scottish Border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Just had four days on the Northumberland coast, absolutely beautiful. Took loads of pics, just sorting through them. Here's a taster of Beadnell Bay on Thursday evening: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 http://www.roscophotographic.com/gallery_8669.html My friend's a self-taught photographer, worth a look at his "North of England" stuff. A random bump like - but some of those are class. I still haven't got round to teaching myself the basics of photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 http://www.roscophotographic.com/gallery_8669.html My friend's a self-taught photographer, worth a look at his "North of England" stuff. A random bump like - but some of those are class. I still haven't got round to teaching myself the basics of photography. Kinda what Im in the throws of. Thoroughly enjoying it like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 These were taken with my iPhone last night - so the quality isn't the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gordon McKeag Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Jaw D apparently there's a point in the Simonside Hills near Rothbury where you can see the entire coastline from Whitley to Berwick, is this true? How do you get to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Nice pics Tooj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 4th one from the end is the best one, composition-wise in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Jaw D apparently there's a point in the Simonside Hills near Rothbury where you can see the entire coastline from Whitley to Berwick, is this true? How do you get to it? Doesnt ring a bell like. Can't recall seeing any of the coast on the walks Ive done. Not to say you can't like but it was take some vantage point and a clear day to see the coast from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Jaw D apparently there's a point in the Simonside Hills near Rothbury where you can see the entire coastline from Whitley to Berwick, is this true? How do you get to it? Doesnt ring a bell like. Can't recall seeing any of the coast on the walks Ive done. Not to say you can't like but it was take some vantage point and a clear day to see the coast from there. Is it not Simonside Crag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Jaw D apparently there's a point in the Simonside Hills near Rothbury where you can see the entire coastline from Whitley to Berwick, is this true? How do you get to it? Doesnt ring a bell like. Can't recall seeing any of the coast on the walks Ive done. Not to say you can't like but it was take some vantage point and a clear day to see the coast from there. Is it not Simonside Crag? Well thats the highest point around there, Tosson hill i think it is. I just cant recall any coastal view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Looked it up and yes it is the place. Easy to access too Stevie if you're interested. I haven't been up there for fucking years. Clicky here for how to get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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