A Northumbrian Escape with Battlesteads Hotel

2025 was the first year in a long time that we didn’t manage to squeeze in a trip to Northumberland. It’s one of our favourite places: super dog friendly, endless beautiful walking and plenty of…

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Blanchland

Having been thoroughly spoiled with lovely weather at the weekends for most of this year, we finally faced a very grey and slightly miserable walk in the middle of October. Keen to avoid prolonged exposure…

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Allenheads

Finally, we’ve been making good our intentions to spend more time exploring the North Pennines AONB. After a slightly grey but still enjoyable trip to Cockfield Fell, we headed north again on the early May…

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Budle Bay

First of all, happy New Year! After a wet and windy end to 2024, I think we’re all hoping for some clear and crisp winter days to start off 2025. We’ve got lots of exciting…

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Exploring Northumberland with Cottages.com

I will never stop being grateful for the opportunities which have come our way since I started this blog and my Instagram account. Last weekend, we were lucky enough to be invited to stay at…

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