I was born in Alnwick, grew up in a wee village not far and left as soon as I could. And when I look at what it's become (Town, County and Country) I've no regrets.
The gates didn’t use to be there and you could walk up to the base of the fall….looks like they have decided to put the block on that now….don’t think I will be paying 4 quid a head to stand 50 yards back and look at it when we visit again….totally spoiled it.
Never been that far east directly from Stanhope before (went as far as Wolsingham). Thanks for the video and never knew there was a castle there! Bloody hell that's amazing.
Theres a channel where the 2 Ameri an kids just wont shut up while going thru scrap train yard. You are awesome for being respectfully quiet. Thank you brother. No words is more than enough.!
Joiners Arms (Nimmo's 4X anyone?), Bridge End before it was opened up to one room, the Fighting Cocks (Vaux), Lloyds Bank isn't where it used to be, Timothy White and Taylor chemist, Queens Head (Rosies to those that knew!). Palace cinema (one of two in Chester-le-Street and probably the flea pit for Saturday morning kid's matinees). At least the Post Office and library are in the same place!
Hi there you need to park on the side road nearby, then walk on the main road for 10 mins, before cutting through a forest and up a small hill, but any decent hiker could do it. From the side road it took me about 20 mins in total. Beautiful countryside so well worth it.
This place used to be so, so nice years ago. Full of character and appeal. There was foliage everywhere, and there were several fountains. It's soulless now. Half of the shops are shut now too.
OK, I commented as I was viewing...Thank you so much for posting this vid Cheesekake, it was absolutely wonderful ...It made my heart smile to see Cong burn has been set free .
Grew up and lived in the area for 40 years...moved away to live in Tasmania 14 years ago...So much is familiar, but also so much has changed. What happened to the Queen's Head pub???
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video. This was taken after a very wet storm so the falls were extra beautiful. Its a very lovely place to visit at any time of year
Thanks for this. Yes I too didn't know you could climb up the middle of Grey's monument. It's interesting to note but I can tell that this isn't very old due to how even the steps going up are. In medieval times for purposes of defence the steps tended to be purposefully uneven. The reason for this is so that the attacker who was moving upwards was disadvantaged when it came to their footing, though I can see that it moves up in a clockwise direction which again was for defensive reasons; reason being that most soldiers were right-handed and to move upward in a clockwise direction meant that they could only hold and swing their weapon with their weaker left hand.
