Farne Island Puffins © Gail Johnson
Enjoy a focus on Victorian era sporting fashion at Belsay hall this weekend. As part of Belsay Hall’s spectacular month-long Fashion from the Past event, visitors are invited to enjoy the sporting fashion in vogue more than a century ago. There’ll be a focus on all kinds of sporting clothing, with particular focus on women’s sporting pursuits, including swimming, cycling, horse riding, croquet and tennis.
English Heritage’s Belsay Estate still has places left at its first-ever sleep-over. The event, taking place on Saturday evening, is part of Museums at Night and will give participants a chance to stay in the fascinating building and experience an overnight say, stories and food at this Northumberland property. The experience will also include a tour of the old castle and some ghostly story telling.
Hauxley Nature reserve – destroyed by fire two years ago – has been bowled over by donations it has received. More than £38,000 has been collected so far.
A milder than average winter and a wet April have produced the perfect conditions for rhodendron blooms in Nortumberland, and one of the best places to see the stunning flowers is at Cragside, near Rothbury.
Wildlife lovers and osprey fans in particular are encouraged to take part in this years osprey watch at Kielder. From July 7 – August 11 a team of volunteers from the wildlife charity will be spending each weekend and Tuesday and Wednesday staffing an information point. You can find out more at an information session at Kielder on May 17.
Fans of the history of fashion and those fascinated with the story of the Titanic are in for a treat this weekend when English Heritage property Belsay shows some of the clothes worn by Edwardian ladies on board the Titanic. Available for viewing will be the creations brought on board by its most prestigious passengers and details about the life and legacy of one of its most famous survivors, fashion designer, Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon. See costumes worn by first-class ladies and the more utilitarian clothes worn by third-class passengers.
Landscape photographers have just two days left to enter the Images of Rural Europe photography contest, which is being supported by Northumberland Uplands Local Action Group and Northumberland National Park. Professional, amateur and school aged photographers are encouraged to enter. The winner will have their entry isplayed at a major exhibition in the Berlaymont building, in Brussels from 22 June to 10 July, 2012.
A 1936 Morris 10/4 is set to take part in the 6th Vintage Vehicle Rally being hosted by the Forestry Commission in Kielder Water & Forest Park in Northumberland on Sunday. The car is a superb example of a vintage Morris and is one of the types used by the army bomb disposal squads during World War Two. The Morris is one of more than 170 vehicles set to take part in the rally, which will include vintage motorbikes, buses, cars and tractors.
Ian Kille, a Northumerland geologist, has partnered with the Coast AONB to lead a series of geology walks in coming weeks. The first walk is called Fire and Ice – travelling to the edge of things and is set to take place on Lindisfarne on May 12. The events are free, no booking required.
A post graduate student has been hired by the Forestry Commission to examine the way in which birds of prey in Kielder Water & Forest Park relate to each other. The relationships between these birds is complex, but very little is know about how birds such as goshawks, buzzards, ospreys, interact.
Fashion flashback – Tudor fineries and 40s make-do at Belsay
The catwalk of the past is on show at Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens in Northumberland, with a month-long Fashion from the Past event, running from May 5 – 27. Read more
Perfect character cottage with breathtaking views
This month’s Cottage of the Month is charming Hilltop Cottage, Thorpton, near Rothbury, Northumberland. This lovely old cottage has all you need for an exceptionally comfortable holiday and is perfect for a couple or small family. It offers unforgettable views across the hills of Northumberland and has a lovely garden. Well-behaved pets are welcome, too!
Stunning holiday cottage in Northumberland
This 15th Century Bastle House has been sympathetically renovated to provide a stunning place for couples to stay. Bastles were two-storey stone farmhouses where families would hide behind the metre thick walls during times of trouble. Livestock were housed downstairs. The property is one of the very few remaining complete Bastle Houses in Northumberland. [...]
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