Newcastle Upon Tyne – Part 2
Before we reached the castle our friend took us by a fantastic private library. “The Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) is the largest independent library outside London, housing […]
The “Old” Newcastle – Newcastle Upon Tyne Field Trip Friday#18
Today we ventured out via bus to our neighbouring city, Newcastle. A friend that volunteers with us at the Cathedral wanted to show us around Newcastle. We had really wanted […]
I Saw a Child
Every other week (fortnight) I spend a few hours volunteering at the Washington Riding Centre. I enjoy everything about horses. I don’t mind mucking stalls, grooming, tacking up or stuffing […]
The Dirt Cake
The dirt cake at Brownie’s last night was a hit. The other leaders and I had a grand time setting the kids up for the April Fools Day snack. […]
April Fools
Tonight our Brownie Leader is out of town so I get to be in charge of our Brownie Girl Guides meeting. I thought we would create and eat a special […]
Monday Morning
It is a bit of a foggy, grey day. Possibly more typical English weather than we have had most of the winter. This was my view out the window this […]
Happy Mum’s Day
Today is Mothering Sunday here in Great Britain. Today the kids have carefully wrapped a present for Beth. They are going to cook her favourite lunch this afternoon. And, yes, […]
The way we roll…
Just wanted to share a quick photo with you all. I came into our home school area one day a week or so ago and found that Meg had drawn […]
Edinburgh – Old and New
One of the exciting things about living in the UK is the amazing rail system. For much less than the cost of driving a car the same distance […]
Crazy Busy Fun
I have not been posting much this week because we have all been busy chasing my toddler nephew around all day and crashing quickly into bed at night. I kept […]
Birds of a Feather
The Durham University Botanic Gardens is one of the hidden treasures around here. (Incidentally, students are admitted free.) The Gardens sits near the Howlands Colleges and south of the Palatine […]
Old King Coal
This weekend our favourite local museum opens a new feature . Beamish Museum opens its new pit pony stable in the village colliery. We are looking forward to a trip there […]
Grey Towers of Durham
We have had a very busy and fun filled day. More of my family is here from Alabama including my very adorable baby nephew. Rob went to study but took […]
Field Trip Friday # 17
Friday was a cold but sunny lovely day. Mr. Ray suggested that we drive up to a village called Blanchland. The Abbey and surrounding village of Blanchland was founded by […]
Scenes from a Saturday morning walk
This morning began with a 2 mile walk. Here are some scenes from along the way. As Meg said #WhereWeLive. I think you can see some of the reasons why […]
100 Days
100 Days! What could you do with 100 Days? We are in unbelief how fast our time here is moving. What should we do with our next 100 days? We […]
Imperfect Perfection
After our volunteer work at the Lego table this week we had a special tour from a friend who knows a lot about the Cathedral. We had heard interesting […]
The Power of the Force
Rob’s supervisor, Prof. David Wilkinson, gave a lecture tonight at our college: St. John’s College, Durham University. David is principal of the College. His daughter is headed overseas this summer […]
Weighing Costs
Moving to the UK was a huge undertaking for us. Some of the unknowns were made so much simpler for us because other students from abroad had made this same […]
Not just in Ireland
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t know how you plan to celebrate the day but the Haynes family will probably bake a few shamrock cookies for our dinner dessert tonight […]
An incredibly Small World
We have this bit of a story from back when we first met Mr. Ray. You can read about our first meeting here https://thehaynesblog.com/2013/09/24/by-shanks-pony/ Read the above post and then […]
Field Trip Friday (err Thursday) #16
On Thursday we took the short 45 minute trip over to York. We wanted to show Andrea and Rebecca this ancient and very lovely city. It is one of our […]
La Cremeria
We took a day trip over to York yesterday with our guests. Andrea and Rebecca had a great time looking around the “Shambles” shops and visiting Clifford’s Tower and York […]
Choosing an area to live in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. When we […]
Sun by the Sea
It was a beautiful day today. The kids and I took our friends on a bus ride to the sea. It felt so good to smell the salt air, hear […]
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