I stay here a couple of times a year when I’m up in the N.E on business – It’s a beautiful place to stay, not only for the picture postcard place it is but also the people…

The castle is immense, I’ve only had the pleasure in the dark due to the time of year of my visits but it scares the crap out of me as does the Cathedral – In fact, ther is a little path up to the cathedral next to an Italian restaurant (sorry, can’t remember the name) but I was merrily sitting there as dusk approached and the silence is eerie, crazily eerie – I jumped at my own shadow then went and had a drink in “Brown Sugar” – Which has nothing to do with The Rolling Stones – I then bimbld down to “Chase” where after having a drink and reading the paper, I got accosted by some students and shown the sights of the place – Most fun you can have on a businss trip!!!

Go there!!!!