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A Brand New Pair…. or two

April 8, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

The marvellous sport of fencing

April 6, 2014by The Haynes Family 1 Comment

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 […]

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Joshua's Posts, Musings

Newcastle Upon Tyne – Part 2

April 5, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Birds of a Feather

March 26, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings, PhD at Durham

Old King Coal

March 25, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

Field Trip Friday # 17

March 23, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures in Home Education, Beth's Posts

Scenes from a Saturday morning walk

March 22, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Musings, Rob's Posts

Imperfect Perfection

March 20, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

An incredibly Small World

March 16, 2014by The Haynes Family 6 Comments

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

Tonight

March 9, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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. […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

The Milk Man – (Things I thought were extinct)

March 8, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Cooker and I, Moving to Durham? Read on...

Weekend Happenings

March 5, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Shrove Tuesday – Fat Tuesday

March 4, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Cooker and I, Musings

All the Pretty Little Horses

March 3, 2014by The Haynes Family 4 Comments

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

Field Trip Friday #14 Part Two

March 2, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Adventures in Home Education

Moving from the US to Durham, England

February 21, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Moving to Durham? Read on..., PhD at Durham

Field Trip Friday err Tuesday # 13

February 19, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventures in Home Education, Musings

Rejoice!

February 16, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

It is wonderfully R.A.D.

February 15, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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. […]

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Beth's Posts, Musings

Beef – It’s not what’s for dinner

February 6, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Cooker and I, Musings

All Things Wise and Wonderful

February 3, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Beth's Posts

Blessed are the……..

February 2, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Beth's Posts, Moving to Durham? Read on..., Musings

Field Trip Saturday (and a day out)

January 26, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Musings

What’s for supper?

January 24, 2014by The Haynes Family 1 Comment

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 […]

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Cooker and I

Our trip back in time (Part 2)

January 4, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventures in Home Education, Beth's Posts, Musings

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