Scotland 2023 Day 7: Beamish Open Air Museum and Brinkburn Priory
Having slept poorly the previous night we both managed a good night’s sleep this time. Our room had the World’s Smallest Shower. It was even smaller than the small showers we’ve had on some of the cruise ships. It was so small that I was forced to use the house-supplied soap and shampoo, as there was no room for me to bend over to pick my stuff up off the shower floor.We went down for breakfast where I had a barely adequate Eggs Benedict while E opted for fruit and toast. While packing up back in our bedroom we had another moment in common with the last hotel – the fire alarm went off! Guess it REALLY is time to go! As we were heading downstairs with our suitcases the alarm turned off, and at the bar we were told that someone had burned some toast.
We drove over to Beamish Open Air Museum – for a place that opens at 10A, it was already busy when we arrived. We were quite surprised at the scope and scale of this place. There was a lot of stuff to see and a huge staff of costumed interpreters everywhere. I thought the staff might have been high because we were there on the weekend, but when I asked I was assured that they have about 400 employees and they are fully staffed 364 days of the year! We had a delightful time!
The main entry to Beamish. They had a VERY large car park, which was already bustling when we arrived at the nominal opening time. |
This was, IIRC, inside an 1840's middle-class farmhouse, in what would have been the master bedroom. I took almost no pictures at Beamish. I was started to get tired of taking pictures... |
I was struck by the sight of plants growing on the low roof of the Priory. |
The quite posh bathroom at The Cookie Jar. I suspect the nuns never had it this good. |
A street scene in Alnwick. We're on our way to The Market Tavern for dinner. |
I called the restaurant I had preselected as our destination for the night (Lilburns)…all found them booked up!! I called our backup restaurant – ditto! End up with pub/steakhouse (Market Tavern/Steakhouse) that could take us, but no later than 530P – which I was glad to take given the rejections I’d just experienced. Not the best meal in the world – we both did steaks – but we had a good time.
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