Sunday, April 23, 2006

Northumberland Gathering




Yesterday was the Northumberland Gathering, an annual festival held in the pretty market town of Morpeth, 15 miles north of Newcastle. It was much smaller than I expected - without the miles of bunting strung across the main streets you wouldn't have known there was anything happening at all until you got to Carlisle Park, where a dozen or so people re-enacted a 16th century battle and Morris dancers, Northumbrian folk singers and a Canadian rapping the Canterbury Tales performed on a raised circular platform by the playground and paddling pool.

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