Hopetown

After a busy day on Saturday we had a relaxing morning yesterday chatting, doing jigsaws and quizzes, watching TV …. We ate a light lunch and then headed out for the day.

First stop was Hopetown, Darlington’s railway museum, to help celebrate the bicentenary of the Stockton/ Darlington railway

It’s a great place to learn about the history of the railway- these places are so much more interactive and fun than museums were when I was a child.

After that we moved on to Darlington town centre, to The Vault. The weather was lovely and we sat outside and chatted for a couple of hours

Then it was time to move inside as the DJ was starting up and we had been promised some Northern Soul music.

It took a while to get going but eventually the DJ came good and we got the music we wanted and Jim and I managed to find some time and space on the dance floor.

We finished the day with a great curry at Babul’s. Jim and Sarah are now heading off but we have one more day in the North East before moving on to Harrogate for a bridge event. Just the small matter of Newcastle United v LFC to deal with first……..