Morpeth Castle - April 2005

Back again! Trying to update this as far as possible by the end of the Christmas period.

Next up, Morpeth Castle, as the title would suggest. The 'original' crowd were back again - this time with a baby on the way too!

Facts and figures:

• The walls of the castle were built soon after 1200AD
• The gatehouse was added a century later
• The building was used as a court-house, rather than for defence purposes
• Alterations made in 1700 and 1860
• The sister of Henry VIII stayed here in 1516

There is loads to do in the North East and a weekend certainly wasn't long enough to fit it all in. We did the obvious and visited Hadrian's Wall, some of roman sites and walked up the coast to Bamburgh Castle (which was closed, being out of season) and took the cars across to Lindisfarne (Holy Island) and made sure that we knew tide-times for getting back safely too!