FOOD AND FUN WEEKEND
Don't miss the county's largest 'FREE' food event. If you want to taste and buy some of Northumberland's very best local produce, there's only one place to be over the weekend of September 19 and 20 - The Alnwick Food Festival.
BEFORE AND AFTER THE RISING WATER
SUSAN BURKE visits the village of Falstone, within sight of the dam which now contains Kielder Water.
SUNSET TO SUNRISE IN A QUIET LANDSCAPE
JOHN SURGEY becomes acquainted with the night on a walk from Wooler to Norham.
AWARD-WINNING HISTORIC GARDEN TO CLOSE
SUSIE WHITE, The Northumbrian's gardening writer, has spent more than two decades creating one of the best small gardens in the country.
Through hard work, determination and vision, she transformed the once derelict Chesters Walled Garden near Chollerford into a place of tranquillity and beauty which has drawn admiration from heritage groups, artists, Hadrian's Wall tourists and thousands of keen gardeners.
Originally leased from the Benson family, the house was sold, and businessman Graham Wylie, who now owns the Chesters estate, will not renew Susie's lease and will close the garden to the public.
WHY RINGING’S A GOOD WAY TO KEEP IN TOUCH
IAN KERR looks at how a century of bird-ringing has helped us acquire valuable information about movement patterns.
IN PURSUIT OF SALMON ON THE QUEEN OF RIVERS
CRAIG R. ARMSTRONG looks at the long history of salmon fishing — or more especially poaching — along the banks of the Coquet and its tributaries.
THE WALLED GARDEN SURROUNDED BY SEA
SUSIE WHITE visits National Trust gardener Philippa Hodkinson, whose job on Holy Island finds her following in the footsteps of the celebrated designer Gertrude Jekyll.
A HIGH SUMMER DRIVE
This great summer drive follows a route of just over 30 miles travelling up the Allen valley and across open North Pennine moorland before circling back through Blanchland and on to Slaley.
LOST IN TIME, IN THE BIRTLEY TRIANGLE
JOHN GRUNDY ventures out from the safety of a plant nursery into a wild landscape with echoes of the distant past.
NORTHERN-FED . . . AND PROUD OF IT
SUZANNE STANLEY is delighted to report that regional cooking lives on - with a twist.
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A HILL SHEPHERD
WHETHER you are driving through one of Northumberland’s quiet upland valleys or enjoying a walk in the hills, there is one ever-present sight in the landscape at any time of the year — sheep.
Curious to learn more about a hill shepherd’s life, STEWART BONNEY has made a series of visits to Shilmoor over the past year at key times in the shepherd’s calendar.
WE’RE NOT ALL IN THE RED — AND THAT’S BAD NEWS
MIKE PRATT, chief executive of Northumberland Wildlife Trust, warns that the campaign to reinstate the red squirrel to large parts of the county is far from won.
WHERE FISHING FLEETS ONCE FLOURISHED
ALLAN POTTS reminds us of the historical importance of the fishing industry to the Northumberland coast.
FLOWER POWER THAT’S STRICTLY FOR THE FAIRIES
Foxgloves, traditionally a common sight in summer gardens and woodland, have long had both medical and supernatural links with everyday life.
A RARE TALENT TO DEPICT NATURE
JOHN STEELE looks back with fondness at the life and works of wildlife artist Derick Watson.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE...
NEWS VIEW
Classrooms near completion
Keeping up tradition
Family walkfest
Bedlington men remembered
BOOK REVIEWS
READERS' LETTERS
READERS' OFFERS
WHAT'S ON GUIDE
