If Saturday had been about exploring everything Durham had to offer, Sunday was a laid back day for wandering and taking photos. Thanks to our late check out time, we were able to take Sunday morning at leisure. We opted to fill up at breakfast time, the logic being that we'd already paid for the cost of our breakfast with our room fee so if we ate heartily, we could avoid spending more at lunchtime. We understood the mission, and checked out with full tummies, once again leaving our bags at the hotel so we were free to wander. First up, I was keen to walk along the river to see if I could get some images of the river with the Cathedral above it. The weather was glorious, we were actually getting hot on our walk. Unfortunately for the chap, my rediscovered love of photography meant he either turned around to find me half a mile behind him, having stopped to capture something, or turned around to be faced with a camera. Jokingly he asked me a few times how many frames I had l...
There is a fortnight exactly between mine and the chap's birthdays, so we usually try to have some sort of trip, or special night out to celebrate, around late September or early October. A few weeks back, we went on our birthday trip, a weekend in Durham. It's taken me this long to share our adventure here because a) I've been waiting for my photos to come back from the lab (hipster problems), b) I've been absolutely wiped out with some horrid winter virus. Outside Durham Cathedral Despite Durham being only an hour on the train from York, neither of us had ever visited, and we were both looking forward to exploring a new place. We'd booked a room at the Radisson Blu hotel, which is wonderfully positioned on the riverfront and with views up towards the Cathedral. We arrived around lunchtime and left our bags at the hotel. We didn't need lunch as we'd grabbed some sandwiches before our journey, so it was straight down to exploring. It was an easy walk into...