Stepping stones across the River Croquet - on the way to visit a National Trust house, Cragside
The footpath went through a farm and mill, Thrum Mill, now a private home along the river
Cragside has extensive gardens on a large property - including man made lakes for generating hydroelectric power
Built in the 1800s by William Armstrong an inventor and engineer - the first house in the UK to have electric lights
The house at Cragside - with rock gardens and an iron bridge
A Victorian kitchen with all the mod cons
Full Turkish bath in the basement (cold plunge bath, stream rooms etc)
Part of a suite of rooms for a visit from the future Edward and Alexandra
Called the Owl Suite
The formal gardens
A cottage in the formal gardens that you can rent as a holiday cottage
Good luck with that
Tree trunk carving in the gardens
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