Allotment Garden, Alnwick Castle
18. toukokuuta, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 17 °CWhile we were at the castle, we visited the allotment garden, a community project where local groups take care of their own vegetable plot. It is an inspiring place.
While we were at the castle, we visited the allotment garden, a community project where local groups take care of their own vegetable plot. It is an inspiring place.
After a few days at work, today we were off again. Our destination this time was Holy Island, somewhere we have never been to. On the way, though, we decided to revisit Alnwick Castle. The terribleLue lisää
After watching the trains for a while, I left Mark sitting in the sunshine in a pub garden while I went to visit the Beck Isle Museum.
The museum is housed in a regency period residence near theLue lisää
I went swimming early this morning and then met up with Mark to catch the Coastliner bus to Pickering. I don't remember ever going there before, but I suppose I might have done when I was a kid.
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The Peak Alum Works is found in a remote location, not easily accessible by road. The cheapest way of bringing materials in and out when the works were operational was by sea in small sailing boats.Lue lisää
From 1650 to 1850, Peak (now Ravenscar) was a thriving hub of alum production. Alum is a crystal containing aluminium sulphate produced by a chemical process. It was ground into a powder and used as aLue lisää