Newcastle (3)
I went for a morning walk along the quays at Newcastle. The old part of the town, south of the railway station, feels unexpectedly well preserved, with steep steps and alleyways down to the quays and the great bridges of the Tyne overhead:-
Cherryburn
Before going to Seaton Delaval, we went to Cherryburn, the house where Thomas Bewick was born, grew up, explored the local fields, and returned to every weekend from Newcastle when he was an apprentice, walking twenty miles up the Tyne valley to visit his parents. It’s pretty well preserved, including the cottage where he was…
Seaton Delaval (5)
I have never before seen Seaton Delaval in an evening light, with a small amount of sun on its amazing north façade:- No photograph ever does justice to the adventurousness of its composition, the contrast between its two side wings and the compression of the main block, as if all the elements of its composition…
