North-East England: Newcastle and Durham

I have yet to visit Durham...
although it has been high on my priority list forever. It's former bishop, NT Wright, spoke at our church in Falls Church VA a number of years back, which stirred my interest. Your blog has rekindled my interest. Bill Bryson is also one of my favorite authors...I've read all his books, even the ones not about travel. Unfortunately, my trip to Scotland next year keeps me in Scotland with the closest point to Durham being Dumfries. I may still modify my itinerary to include Durham and Hadrian's Wall for old times sake. In the meantime I have time to take a deep dive into Linda's ancestry. I'm looking forward to your next blogs.

Coincidences
Alex, I'm always impressed with how many places you're able to see during your travels over short time periods. Coincidentally, a meeting of past VirtualTourist travel bloggers was supposed to meet in Newcastle this year, but had to be cancelled due to the corona virus (although I wouldn't have been able to go anyway). So Newcastle and the surrounding areas are certainly of interest to me because I'm sure the meeting would have included day excursions to some of the places you saw. The other coincidence is your mention of the Century Travelers' Club. My husband & I would qualify as Provisional Members but I have been too lazy to submit an application! Must keep the promise to myself to do it. I'm sorry that you couldn't reach your 100th country this year, but even so, what a great accomplishment that you've visited so many already!!

Always a good read
The excitement in your writing does tell the story of enjoying these locations with few others around. Glad you got a Potter photo. Our quest to reach TCC 100 has been delayed also but certainly will come sooner than later as travel is in our blood. The joy of reading your blogs this year is you've taken us to locations few travelers go so we've been exposed to interesting parts that were unfamiliar. I'll have to stop at that bakery the we get over there.

Beautiful architecture
Serenity

Durham and Newcastle
We were in Newcastle and Durham a few years ago. We really enjoyed walking along River Wear. When we did that it felt like we walked inside a dramatic painting. On that trip we also visited Berwick-upon-Tweed. That was an interesting place to visit. If you come to the region again we can recommend a visit there. /Ake