Ushaw

Sunday Nancy, Lee and I went to a craft fair at an old Catholic College, Ushaw University.

                                                   Chapel

We see lots of these bright yellow fields of rapeseed

Old dining room

Lee and Fergal in their apartment

Several interesting sculptures made from fallen logs

A Surprise under this one

Multicolored cows

Just a short walk she said

River walk

Saturday Nancy and Lee did some shopping in the morning and after lunch I joined them for a walk along the river Wear in Durham

Some nice views of cathedral across the river

Old mill 

Cathedral reflection

Back to Durham

Friday Aiden and Anne Marie drove us back to Durham. We have been lucky so far with mostly nice weather and had a nice drive back. It only took a couple of hours.

What we call Thrift stores are called Charity Shops here. Lee and Fergal found a table for their flat which they carried for almost a mile. I took over for the picture.😁

 

Railway viaduct

Wetheral walk

Wednesday we went back to the Village of Wetheral for a walk along Eden River.

Wetheral train station 

Old mansion overlooking the river 

99 steps down to river from railroad trestle 

Priory ruins

Railway bridge 

Concrete bench made to look like a sofa

Lots of bluebells

Old Priory 

Ruins of old building built into the side of the cliff with lots of graffiti from 1800s

Railway bridge 

View of river from bridge 

old graffiti on cliff by river

Cliff side house

More bluebells

Area below mansion shown earlier 

Path down to cliff house