LOOK OUT- LAST DAY FOR THIS YEAR DRY STONE WALLING A  PRACTICAL WORKSHOP Your activity leader David Tasseel will teach you how to take down and rebuild a traditional drystone wall on a working farm. You will need strong footwear, waterproofs, gardening type gloves and a hammer. Bring your own refreshments.   Limited Places. Those … Continue reading "DRY STONE WALLING"

  James Oates Presents: Christmas Story Workshop Writing short stories and poems focussing on the joys of Christmas Producing your own Christmas gift booklet of works help on by James Oates -a well known published poet and author. It will be set over 3 sessions on a Saturday afternoon of two and half hours from … Continue reading "Christmas Story Workshop"

NORTHUMBERLAND LANDSCAPES A beginner’s guide to the rocks, minerals, fossils and of the South Tyne area   COURSE TUTOR: ALISON BROOMHEAD   This course is designed to give a practical introduction to rocks, minerals, fossils and landscapes of the northern Pennines with particular reference to Northumberland’s South Tyne Valley. There will be three sessions of … Continue reading "THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH TYNE AREA"