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?” […]
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?” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]