We had a great nights sleep and I'm ready to encourage Ed to find trails to hike in while I read or work on my Blog.
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| Cragside |
Breakfast was delicious and the three couples all took up where we left off last night. Very comfortable conversation. In talking about what the others had done or were going to do in the Northumberland area, everyone encouraged us to go to Cragside in the next town over, Rothbury.
Cragside is a
country house in the
civil parish of
Cartington in
Northumberland,
England. It was the first house in the world to be lit using
hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a 4 km² forest garden, it was the country home of
Lord Armstrong and has been in the care of the
National Trust since 1977. Besides a beautiful mansion to tour, there is a six mile driving loop to take which shows off all of their beautiful flowers, as well as dozens of hikes for Ed to choose from.
There is a cost to go there, but the hosts offered us their National Park Pass. So today we are going to be Mr & Mrs. Jefferson. I can do that!
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| View on Cragside property |
What a beautiful property! I read for awhile, spent some time in their café, and when Ed & I met back up after his hike, we took the tour of the house. Great relaxing day.
In the evening we walked to the local pub for dinner. Service was a little slow but the food was excellent.
This was supposed to be our last night here since we had a reservation in Edinburgh for five days as our next stop. Given our experience with cities, however---Ed & I have decided that we both don't care to stay in the city--we cancelled the reservation so we are now going to play it by ear instead.
It's so nice, here, though, we asked if they had any room for 1 more night. Our room is already booked, but they have a spare room they save in case they inadvertently double book and they said we are welcome to stay there. It's a deal. We have one more day to spend here.
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