Author: mikebriggs1910
I'm not a Historian by profession - merely an (over) enthusiastic amateur. By day I'm a Professor of Genetics at Newcastle University with a translation research interest in rare bone diseases. At weekends I can be classified as a Yorkshire Cricket & Psychedelic Rock fan, but mostly I'm just on the Fells (or in the pub - when they were open!).
Beldon Shield Mine: 1980 vs 2018
Where is Westgarth’s Whimsey
A half moon of Clitocybe geotropa (trooping funnels)
Wylam Railway Bridge or West Wylam Bridge or Hagg Bank Bridge or Points Bridge or Half-Moon Bridge….
Autumn comes to the Valley
Orange peel fungus and friends…..
Presser Pump House 1903, Victorian drain pipes and a Hattersley flange
Seasons in the Sun….or perhaps not
Gingle Pot 