madras Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jz609/In_Search_of_Englands_Green_and_Pleasant_Land_North_East/ be quick mind. i think it's only on for seven days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 In answer to your question, yes I f***ing love Northumberland! There's nothing I like better than getting on my motorbike and going for a blast out of the city and into the beautiful remote countryside or along the coast past all the castles, sometimes making it all the way to Berwick. Infact I did just that the other day when the weather was fine!, what a way to spend an afternoon. I also love going for a blast over to the lakes aswell from time to time! I'll watch that programme tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Northumberland is fucking mint. Wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Annoying they include cumbria though, if it wasn't for the lakes it would be shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/8/8d/I_CANT_FAP_TO_THIS.jpg Other than that, very nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 My answer is YES I love Northumberland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 northumberland good. but the Lakes-better, without wanting to be a traitor like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 northumberland good. but the Lakes-better, without wanting to be a traitor like. Get out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Northumberland is alright...nothing special though really, is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Northumberland is alright...nothing special though really, is it? The coastline is and the castles are world class, plus in places it gives the impression of being really remote without that actually being the case, which is fantastic. So yeah, it is pretty special tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I really miss Northumberland. Most of all I miss various spots along Hadrian's Wall, especially the stretch from Housteads to the Twice Brewed. I miss the walk from Craster to Dunstonburgh, getting a boat from Seahouses to see seals and cormorants at the Farne Islands, watching cricket at Bamburgh in the shadow of the castle – surely one of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the world. I also miss strolling to the walled garden at Wallington Hall through the woods where my parents' ashes are scattered. No other countryside seems quite the same to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Northumberland is alright...nothing special though really, is it? The coastline is and the castles are world class, plus in places it gives the impression of being really remote without that actually being the case, which is fantastic. So yeah, it is pretty special tbh. hear hear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Northumberland is alright...nothing special though really, is it? The coastline is and the castles are world class, plus in places it gives the impression of being really remote without that actually being the case, which is fantastic. So yeah, it is pretty special tbh. hear hear There's other parts of the UK that are every bit as special, if not moreso. I know this view will grate with some people, but it's just a view, and nothing else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Northumberland is alright...nothing special though really, is it? The coastline is and the castles are world class, plus in places it gives the impression of being really remote without that actually being the case, which is fantastic. So yeah, it is pretty special tbh. hear hear There's other parts of the UK that are every bit as special, if not moreso. I know this view will grate with some people, but it's just a view, and nothing else. Nobody said that there wasnt, but still, it doesnt take anything away from Northumberland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I'm digging a hole for myself here... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Northumberland aint full of people, thus it wins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Northumberland has a bit of everything though - scenery, history, coastline, city life Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Absolutely lush part of the world and I'm mighty proud to say thats where i was born and raised (even if Prudhoe is a bit of a dive) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/3127084289_bbf2029d5a.jpg http://summerpages.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/bamburgh-castle_big.png http://www.hadrians-wall-bed-and-breakfast.co.uk/images/index/hadrians_wall_cawfields.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2007/05/01/DunstanburghCastle_Corbis460.jpg http://www.northumbriaimages.co.uk/p7hg_img_1/fullsize/cheviots060_fs.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timmy boy Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I used to love going to Seahouses as a kid. I had a caravan there. I used to play cricket at the top of the caravan park, go fishing off the pier, make trips up to Bamburgh and have a walk along the beach, make trips over to the Farne Islands and I used to love the fish and chips. Great times, I always love going back, got such fond memory's of the place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerngimp Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Absolutely lush part of the world and I'm mighty proud to say thats where i was born and raised (even if Prudhoe is a bit of a dive) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/3127084289_bbf2029d5a.jpg http://summerpages.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/bamburgh-castle_big.png http://www.hadrians-wall-bed-and-breakfast.co.uk/images/index/hadrians_wall_cawfields.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2007/05/01/DunstanburghCastle_Corbis460.jpg http://www.northumbriaimages.co.uk/p7hg_img_1/fullsize/cheviots060_fs.jpg For some reason we were talking about the Romans over lunch at work, the lad here doesn't know much outside of Blyth let alone history. Canny lad tho....... he said "The Roman wall was a bit s*** really" "hows that?" "well its only 4 feet high, it would never have stopped anyone" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 the best parts of northumberland (in my personal opinion) are the college and harthope and breamish valleys) where you can walk for hours, not to streniously if you don't want, and not see anyone else. climb a hill and theres a hillfort, the histroy of the area is amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Northumberland = Gods Own Country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkey Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Love the place. grew up there and always enjoy going back - thankfully no bastard in the south knows where it is so it's still unspoilt and not packed full of tourists Although if you go to places like Amble, you're likely to get a kicking for looking at someone wrong...or standing in the wrong place...or breathing wrong.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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