I spy with my little eye:
something beginning with…
something the colour of…
something…
Water Power
Water power erodes riverbank
We all know, or should know, that water has the potential to cause devastation. How many times have we heard stories of cars being swept downstream, when a driver attempted to drive through a flooded ford only a few centimetres deep?
Ingram Show 2021 Cancelled
2021 Ingram Show & Sports CANCELLED
The Ingram Show Committee regrets that, owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Ingram Show & Sports scheduled to take place on Saturday 11 September 2021 has been cancelled.
Together
Lambs together
Anyone know of, or even remember, The Spinners? Not our own Northumberland Spinners but the British folk group that peaked at number 14 in the album charts in 1971. Yes, a long time ago, eh? Well, the first LP I ever bought (for the younger ones among us, this is what’s currently called ‘a vinyl’) was ‘Black and White’ by The Spinners. It featured a song unsurprisingly called ‘Black and White’, the third verse of which reads as follows:
Spring Baby
Spring baby lambs and cows
Well, I think we’re all agreed that 2020 was quite a year! Sometimes it seems to have dragged and dragged and, at other times, it seems to have flown by. Regarding the latter, I can hardly believe that a year’s gone by since I was photographing Liddle Lamzy Diveys.
Northumberland Election Nominations 2021
Northumberland Election Nominations 2021 now available
Cheese and Wild Garlic Scones
Spring – a time for cheese and wild garlic scones
As we move through Spring, one of the distinctive features of the Crawley Dene landscape is the re-growth of swathes of wild garlic. The pungent smell of garlic drifts through the Dene, carried on light, warm breezes.
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Condolences
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
The Hedgeley Parish Council is greatly saddened by the passing of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
We join with all the people of our community and the nation in offering our deepest condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family.
Parish Notice of Election 2021
Election of Parish Councillors
Nomination forms for the upcoming Parish Elections can now be obtained from Clerks to Parish Councils or from County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF from the Returning Officer who will, at the request of an elector for any electoral area, prepare a nomination paper for signature.
The Ringses
Our ancient heritage
Situated on Beanly Moor is The Ringses: a small Iron Age hillfort. This fortified enclosure is made from three not-quite-circular concentric banks and ditches, measuring about 46m by 43m at the widest point.