Northumberland

The Grove is a triangular park in the centre of Bamburgh in the north of Northumberland. It appears that the area was used as the village quarry up until the late 1700s when it was closed for safety reasons and infilled. The Oak trees dominating the park certainly look less than 200 years old. While not looking at its best in early spring, the leafless trees do highlight the noisy colony of Rooks nesting in the crowns of the Oaks and it is wonderful spending a few minutes here listening and watching their comings and goings. PIP #1: A Fritillary flower growing in the Grove. PIP #2: Another view of the Grove showing its triangular shape.

End of the line! This impressive landscape occurred in December 2015 during a very high flood of the River Tyne. As a side effect, a popular hiking trail was destroyed and has remained unreplaced since then. Unfortunately there were no signs warning of this at the start of the trail, making for an unfortunately abbreviated walk along the very scenic Tyne valley.