
North Country Roads.
Northumberland. Most Tranquil Area.
Quiet Country Roads. Ponteland to Otterburn.
Bamburgh Castle. Bamburgh. Grace Darling.
Shady Lanes. Off the beaten track.
Ford. Ford Village.
College Valley. Cheviot Hills.
Scenic Roads. sunny days.
Veteran motor cars. Veteran cars at Ford Castle.
Holy Island. Lindisfarne Priory, Castle.
Road less travelled. Upper coquetdale, Cheviots.
Let's head for the hills. Rothbury, Whittingham.
The Lady's Well. Holystone.
Country Lane. On Country Lanes.
Location, Location. Red Roads.
Leafy Lanes. Norham to Old Bewick to Rothbury.
Country Road Therapy. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Coast and Country. Views of the North Country.
Churches. Ancroft, Bamburgh, Chillingham, Edlingham, Elsdon, Ingram, Whittingham.
Shades of Green. country dreaming.
country roads. Thomas Moore Essay.
Edlingham. ancient church and castle.
Timeless Roads. A breath of fresh air.
Chillingham. Ancient Tomb.
Elsdon. country village.
Scent of Gorse. En Route to College Valley.
Veteran Car Rally. Ford Castle.
Fields of Gold. Making Hay.
Harbottle Castle. Ruins of Medieval Castle.
The red roads of Northumberland. unique country roads.
Shady Lanes 2. More shady lanes.
Breamish Valley, Cheviots. Brough Law iron age hillfort.
The village church. Alnham, Kirknewton. Kirkwhelpington. Old Bewick.
Border Warfare. Flodden, Black Middens Bastle, Woodhouses Bastle. Hepburn Bastle.
Winter's Gibbet. Lonely moorland location.
Autumn. autumn leaves.
Poetry Corner. New Poetry.
Guestbook.
Links.

Let's head for the hills.

I can’t stop gazing at these gorgeous scenes! Thank you for sharing with us the beautiful things you see. These photos remind me of home.

Slow down and take in the scenery.

permissive path.

Are you going to Whittingham fair?
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
remember me to one who lives there
for once she was a true love of mine.

tell her to make me a cambric shirt
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
without any stitches or needlework
and then she will be a true love of mine.

Northumberland.

tell her to wash it in yonder dry well
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
where water ne'er sprung nor a drop of rain fell
and then she will be a true love of mine.

tell her to hang it on yonder thorn
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
that never bore blossom since Adam was born
and then she will be a true love of mine.

April in Northumberland.

now he has asked me questions three
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
I hope that he'll answer as many for me
and then he will be a true love of mine.

April in Northumberland.

tell him to find me an acre of land
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
between the salt water and the sea strand
and then he will be a true love of mine.

Country Road, North Country Roads.

tell him to plough it with a lamb's horn
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
and to sow it all o'er with one pepper corn
and then he will be a true love of mine.

Let's head for the hills.

tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
and to thrash it all out with a bunch of heather
and then he will be a true love of mine.

On a shady country lane, let's head for the hills. image.

when he has done and finished his work
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
well tell him to come for his cambric shirt
and then he will be a true love of mine.

country roads and shady lanes of Northumberland. image.

"I yearn for one of those old, meandering, dry, uninhabited roads which lead away from towns ... where you may forget in what country you are traveling ... by which you may go to the outermost parts of the earth." Henry David Thoreau

Near Bolam.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719),

head for the hills.

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
Colette

Northumberland, image.

Lets head for the hills.

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