Things to do, places to go in East Durham

Things to do, places to go in East Durham

Yesterday we went to a meeting at Dropswell Farm Shop, east of Trimdon Village with some lovely people from the Durham heritage coast, Seaham hotel,Elaine from Durham Tourism and Mark from the newly opened Lookout cafe which Im looking forward to visiting next week. As well as a fantastic lunch and news on the latest Durham bottled spring water, we picked up some timetables for the Little Tern bus which is running free every weekend this summer to take you up and down the Durham coast.

We are planning a visit to Mark's cafe  overlooking the harbour, and trying the bus from Seaham down to Blackhall rocks and back next Saturday. Although there is plenty of weeding to do on the allotment, we are also planning a trip along the cycle routes on ex railway lines in the next week, taking a picnic, or if later in the week calling at Dropswell farm for tea on the way home. In two weekends, the gardens of Sedgefield are open for the NGS, and we will be there on the green with a plant stall, but also hoping to have time to visit the gardens. A walk around the nearby Hardwick country park would also be nice if we can fit it in.

Now our students have finished their RHS exams, and no visitors in the B&B, we have time to get some redecorating and sewing of new soft furnishings done if the weather is less than kind, and David has work to do in putting up a new wall in the classroom and repairing some containers which hold our National Collection plants. I'm sure the summer will fly over and we won't have had time to visit all the places we want to before term starts again in September.