Coincidence is alive and well.

Following yesterday’s post, one of my friends asked what time I had taken the picture of the train. Turns out that, despite living in London, they had travelled on the same train about an hour before I saw it. They went from Alston to Kirkhaugh and walked back. If I had set out to walk the dog about half an hour earlier, I would have bumped into them. So today, I went to Hexham for lunch.

These gates were open so they have to be on two photos. The 1828 churchwardens must have paid for them and got their names inscribed to celebrate the fact.
Hexham Abbey. Originally built in the 7C, sacked by the Vikings and rebuilt by the Normans.
17 and 18C gravestones.
Hexham House (now the Registry Office) with bowling green.
Tea with proper cups!
Hexham Gaol. Built in the 14C and the oldest purpose built jail in the country. Now a museum – closed on Tuesdays!
View from Haggs Bank – mainly mine spoil. Apparently there are plants growing around there which are unique to the moor and will only grow in the presence of heavy metals.
Scenic local housing.
The blasted heath – otherwise known as Alston Moor.
Cotton Grass (and, if you can see them, mountain pansies).
And back down to Nenthead.

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