How we laughed once, how we sang, and how we raised the rafters

In between celebrating birthdays in Scotland, and going to Whitby, ChrisC and I jaunted briefly around Northumberland. We stopped in Alnwick, and managed not to go to Alnwick Castle (it was slightly closed and largely overrun with schoolkids), but we did manage lots of other castles. And Alnwick Gardens. And, of course, Barter Books.

( It's lovely up north )