Posts by: Alasdair
Hard times are hitting a lot of people thanks to government and banking incompetence, so I’m also looking to reduce costs when travelling myself. Having somehow acquired all the other equipment I need over the years, the only thing left I need to get is a tent. Yes I know, you’d have thought that would [...]
Continue Reading →On the Lanchester to Satley road in County Durham, you will find one of the premier farm based attractions of the region, Hall Hill Farm.
There are many farm attractions across the region, however, few are as well laid out as those you will find at Hall [...]
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In south-west County Durham, I found a gem of a pub, The Countryman, in the village of Bolam.
The village itself is just south of the A68 and west of the B6275. Fin the village and [...]
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Mull is probably my favourite of all the Scottish Isles. There is a strange magical prescience there for me. So to find a special place, on a special island, really is a rare find.
Having landed at the ferry terminal a Craignure, we [...]
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It seems a lot of people are under the impression that the sell off of publicly owned forests has been cancelled and the fight has been won.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Yesterday, I joined a group of people at a protest rally at Hamsterley Forest, in Teesdale, County. [...]
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The English are known as a nation of eccentrics. Whether you think that is right or wrong, if you look closely enough, you can usually find evidence to support that claim. I can’t think of any other country where, when it’s pouring down with rain, it is not regarded as odd that someone says, come [...]
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Joseph Pease was a leading 18th century industrialist who lived in Darlington, in the county of Durham. Born on 22nd June 1799, he was the second son to parents Edward and Rachel Pease. Joseph was educated at Tatham Academy in Leeds and on completing his education went to work for his father, as a manufacturer of worsted [...]
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