Today we took Leon to the 'Cars of the Stars' exhibition at
Woodhorn Museum. This consisted of a selection of cars of the stars, as you can imagine... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the De Lorean from 'Back to the Future', James Bond's Lotus, Herbie, Starsky & Hutch hot Ford... and of course... the Batmobile!
Bren doesn't seem to be SO interested in the cars does she? She'd probably rather be shopping.
Queeen Elizabeth II lake (where I used to go wind surfing many years ago) was thronging with birds, with many swans and gulls fighting for the scraps thrown by people from their car windows. It was absolutely freezing today, the lake was fairly well covered with ice, with waders and waterfowl sharing what little water was available to occupy.
Woodhorn Museum is excellent value for money, and a fantastic record of mining life in Wansbeck is available to be enjoyed there. The layout is good and the interactive bits are great. You can learn the pitman's language, see what hardships their jobs involved, and also get a good idea of how they spent their time when they weren't on their knees hundreds of feet underground with a shovel, in the pitch dark, breathing toxic fumes and waiting for the next rock fall.
Today we took Leon to the 'Cars of the Stars' exhibition at Woodhorn Museum. This consisted of a selection of cars of the stars, as you can imagine... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the De Lorean from 'Back to the Future', James Bond's Lotus, Herbie, Starsky & Hutch hot Ford... and of course... the Batmobile!
Bren doesn't seem to be SO interested in the cars does she? She'd probably rather be shopping.
Queeen Elizabeth II lake (where I used to go wind surfing many years ago) was thronging with birds, with many swans and gulls fighting for the scraps thrown by people from their car windows. It was absolutely freezing today, the lake was fairly well covered with ice, with waders and waterfowl sharing what little water was available to occupy.
Woodhorn Museum is excellent value for money, and a fantastic record of mining life in Wansbeck is available to be enjoyed there. The layout is good and the interactive bits are great. You can learn the pitman's language, see what hardships their jobs involved, and also get a good idea of how they spent their time when they weren't on their knees hundreds of feet underground with a shovel, in the pitch dark, breathing toxic fumes and waiting for the next rock fall.
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