THE REGION'S BEST SELLING COUNTRYSIDE MAGAZINE
HOUSES ABOVE THE MIST
JOHN GRUNDY recalls his earlier visits to four of east Tynedale's grander residences.
A RELISH FOR WDIE OPEN VISTAS
ALISTAIR COCHRANE meets Holy Island artist John Fieldhouse and his wife Kerry, the island schoolteacher.
KEEP THE NOISE DOWN OVER THERE
IAN KERR reminds us that it's not all peace and quiet among the county's wildlife population.
A GARDEN WHICH WORKS ON DIFFERENT LEVELS
SUSIE WHITE visits Paul Procter at his garden in Greystones, in Allendale.
THE ROAD NORTH FROM 20-MILE BRIDGE
PHIL HUNTLEY concludes his journey up the old Great North Road, stopping off at places which have now been by-passed.
TALES OF TWILIGHT AND BORDERLANDS
JILL HARRISON looks at how the county has provided inspiration for the works of author John Gaskin.
NATURE RECLAIMS AN OPENCAST SITE
DUNCAN HUTT sees how the recently created nature reserve at East Chevington has begun to flourish
TAKE ONE NEGLECTED GARDEN
SUSIE WHITE explains how Chesters Walled Garden has developed over the last 20 years
THE ANGLING ART OF THOMAS BEWICK
North East art historian MARSHALL HALL reveals why the great Northumbrian wood engraver Thomas Bewick was so fond of illustrating angling.
THE ROYAL PALACE AND THE HILL OF THE GOATS
STEWART BONNEY visits our most spectacular Iron Age hillfort.
DENISE COMES TO THE RESCUE OF FERRETS
VERONIC HEATH meets the Cramlington woman who has championed the cause of ferret welfare in the county.
SPRING'S CROWN JEWELS
ALLAN POTTS enjoys the rich variety of early wildflowers in our deciduous woodlands.
A HARBOUR DEDICATED TO A FALLEN SOLDIER
PHIL HUNTLEY finds a link between Craster and a chapter in British Imperial history.
THE NORTH TYNE'S FLAMBOYANT STRUTTERS
SUSAN BURKE looks at efforts to tempt the black grouse back to the Kielder area.
CASTLES, HOVELS, TRADE AND WAR
GLEN LYNDON DODDS describes what life was like in Northumberland during the Middles ages.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE....
A TASTE OF NORTHUMBERLAND
"Fish shop" fish and chips & Fishcakes
NEWS VIEW
Mountain biking for Kielder
Northumberland County Show is 25
Follow the Jacobite Trail guide
Chirapatre update
READERS' LETTERS
BOOK REVIEWS by John Watson
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