A Brand New Pair…. or two
While touring around Newcastle last Friday we saw a most unusual sight. Just inside the doorway of a pizza shop stood a life sized model of a horse. His head […]
While touring around Newcastle last Friday we saw a most unusual sight. Just inside the doorway of a pizza shop stood a life sized model of a horse. His head […]
800 years ago, fencing was a way of settling your differences. Now, fencing is an Olympic sport. Additionally there are hundreds of fencing clubs in the USA and well over […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Many of our friends in the US took a leap forward in time this morning. We here in the UK won’t make that jump springing forward for another three weeks. […]
Meg was invited to a pizza and movie night at a friend’s house last night. I was sharing conversation and a cuppa tea with the Mom in their kitchen. She […]
This past weekend was non stop as we had some errands to run and places the kids need to be. Our first stop was to Rusty’s Barbershop to see our […]
Today in our home county in the US there are many people celebrating Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday. Here in the UK it is called Shove Tuesday or Pancake […]
Those of you that have known me for any length of time know that I love horses. I began riding at age 10 because I was driving my parents crazy […]
After our visit to Hylton Castle we made a stop on our way home at Penshaw Monument. Mr. Ray suggested that the bairns (kids) might enjoy climbing to the top. He […]
This post will begin a blog series on the ins and outs of making a move to Durham from the US. We read several blogs before making our move and […]
Today we decided to take our weekly field trip a bit early in the week. There was something on we wanted to see. Mr. Ray offered to drive us up […]
Another glorious winter day here in North East England. I can not believe that it is February. There was a cold breeze blowing this morning but for most of the […]
It has been a very busy Saturday for us. Joshua has fencing lessons on Saturday a.m. and for a few Saturdays Meg also has extra rehearsal for her ballet exams. […]
One thing that is a bit more expensive at the grocery shops here is beef. That is probably just as well because I’ve grown accustomed to eating too much red […]
One of the many things we enjoy about living in a new land is the chance to explore new (to us) native wildlife. I have always been fascinated by the […]
Just returned home from another sunny Sunday morning of worship and fellowship at Carrville Methodist. It is always sunny inside this house of worship even if the sun isn’t shining […]
This week’s field trip was moved to Saturday. This allowed us to get some more work done at school and allowed Rob go with us as well. Mr. Ray picked […]
I am loving the little cooker in our kitchen. It turns out wonderful, very economical meals with little effort on my part. Last night our entire supper cooked together in […]
We continued on our tour of Beamish Museum and found our selves in a school house in the year 1913. I think that this horse in the primary kid’s classroom […]