Category: Northumberland

After an enjoyable, quiet evening’s stopover in the Kielder Castle Visitor Centre car park, we arose early in order to be away, and heading towards our next destination, by an appointed time. Our final destination on this Mini Northumberland Adventure was Housesteads Roman Fort, on Hadrian’s Wall, about an hour’s drive South of Kielder. It being managed by English Heritage...

In a new initiative by Forestry England, overnight stays in selected car parks in the Kielder Forest area are now permitted. All that’s required is a payment of £10 via one of their payment machines. While I would consider £10 to be a bit steep for the privilege of parking overnight on a car park that doesn’t provide anything in...

On Day Two of our short Northumberland Adventure, our target was Dunstanburgh Castle. After a very peaceful night in the van, we woke this morning to an 8:30am alarm. I’d set it because we’d booked tickets to visit the castle, which is managed by English Heritage. We’re not members, but as members of the National Trust, we’re able able to...

Today we set off on our first campervan adventure since the beginnning of November last year. The van hasn’t been totally idle during that time; it’s had several minor runs out, and a couple of ‘battery check’ quickies, so it was a surprise to find the van battery flat yesterday, when we came to change the vehicles over in the...