Calling a New Place Home – Making the Move
We recently met a fellow US student who was considering moving here to Durham to complete his PhD. He asked us the question, “How did you physically move your belongings?” […]
Tag Archives: moving to the UK
Oh what a Fabulous Field Trip Friday! #19
Mr. Ray picked us up this morning and we headed back to Beamish today. Tickets to Beamish are valid for one year so we plan to go as much as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
War Eagle from England
Today’s guest bloggers are our friends from Auburn University: Rebecca and Andrea. When Rob called us and mentioned that his English friend Rusty had a hat collection that included a […]
The Milk Man – (Things I thought were extinct)
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 […]
Moving to the UK – Setting a Grocery Budget
This post is written mostly for those moving to the UK from American however budgeting ideas are easy to implement no matter where you live. For those of you […]
The History of England
One of the first things that we did upon moving to this beautiful land, so rich in history, was to purchase an English Heritage membership. It would be a waste […]
Moving from the US to Durham, England
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 […]
Super Fab Science Lab
During our Home Education adventure this year we have been incorporating Life Science for both children. It has been fun as we classify many of the plants and animals […]
It is wonderfully R.A.D.
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. […]
Thieves, Knights and Farmers Oh My
We had a couple of sweet friends over tonight for dinner and games. We received a game for Christmas called “Carcassonne”. It is a strategy game like risk but […]
English Footie
Wednesday evening my dad and I got to enjoy a football match with another family from Carrville Methodist. On the way there my dad was asking all of the important […]
Guess what day it is!?!
Do you know what day it is? It is Friday. It is Hump Day! You may be thinking, “It is not Wednesday! Wednesday is the middle of the week! Wednesday […]
Hadrian’s Wall
Before moving to northeast England I had heard of the famous emperor Hadrian. I also knew that he had ordered a very lengthy wall built but that was about the […]
What’s for supper?
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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