Many days have passed in leisurely older lady vacations – tea shops, random tv programmes and historic sites.

Brinkburn Priory. A mediaeval monastery , dissolved in the 16C and re-consecrated in the 19C. Alongside, there is a Manor House built in the early 19C but subsequently abandoned.

In the Ingram Valley on the moors towards the Scottish border. This is the River Breamish.

Vindolanda. The best preserved Roman fort on Hadrian’s wall. Because of the ongoing wars between England and Scotland, it remained undeveloped until archeological investigations started in the early 19C. Because of the environment, organic materials such as wood and leather have survived. The major historical event was the discovery of letters written on thin sheets of wood. (http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk)