mainly photos from around Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland, but not quite daily any more.
Thursday 5 August 2010
the view from Simonside
This is the view north from the Simonside Hills which lie to the south of the River Coquet near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland. In the distance can be seen the Cheviot hills which straddle the border between England and Scotland.
Northumberland
Heatherland and bent-land,
Black land and white,
God bring me to Northumberland,
The land of my delight.
Land of singing waters,
And winds from off the sea,
God bring me to Northumberland,
The land where I should be.
Heatherland and bent-land,
And valleys rich with corn,
God bring me to Northumberland,
The land where I was born.
Wilfred Wilson Gibson (1878–1962)
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beautiful scenery
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