For those who are interested, we do have red squirrels in the valley which can often be seen, and sometimes red kites are spotted.

The National Park Visitor Centre is a five minute walk from us and has an informative museum showing archaeological finds and explaining what has gone on here over the years. The Church, St Michael and All Angels, is next to the Centre and well worth a visit. There are services every Sunday through the Summer and alternate Sundays in the Winter. Visitors are always welcome.

If you enjoy Walking in the Hills, then please take time to Look at The Innway Classic pub walks throughout the Cheviot Hills and Northumberland. Written by Mark Reid ... "Wainwright with booze" (The Sunday Times).

Further afield you can visit the Gardens at Alnwick Castle. The Duchess of Northumberland has put Alnwick on the map by creating these spectacular gardens. Bamburgh Castle standing on an outcrop of granite on the coast is one of the most beautiful places to visit. Holy Island, or Lindisfarne, is where Christianity came to these shores. The Farne Islands can be visited from Seahouses if you do not mind bobbing over the North Sea - well worth a visit to see the puffins and seals.

Not far from us is an easily climbed hill, Ros Castle, from which, on a clear day, you can see seven of the castles near us - Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh, Alnwick, Norham, Chillingham (where you can find the only herd of wild cattle in Britain), Lindisfarne and Warkworth.

For the more sporting visitor there are many golf courses nearby. Clay pigeon shooting can, given notice, be arranged locally as can trout fishing on a local lake.