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Bluegrass is one of our larger apartments in this architecturally exciting seafront development of luxury harbourside boltholes, @ The Viking. Designed to state-of-the-art Scandinavian specifications using timber stone and slate to harmonise with the surrounding coastal architecture, The Viking building offers contemporary apartment accommodation unrivalled on the Northumberland coast. All of our six apartments at the Viking have been awarded a 5 star grade by the English Tourism Council/VisitBritain for 2009 Situated on the first floor, Bluegrass offers guests partial sea views towards the Farne Islands as they sit on the balcony off the lounge. The open-plan living accommodation marries cool coastal tones with rich corals and greens giving the apartment a modern, luxurious feel. Internally the furnishings meet the highest of specifications throughout, with the added convenience of private parking,stair and lift access and the use of a communal seafront garden. Free unlimited use of the nearby Ocean Leisure Club is given to all Bluegrass guests so, whatever the weather, you can swim, spa and soak all day!

South Tynedale Railway
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Alston, Cumbria
The South Tynedale Railway is a new narrow gauge railway, built to British two feet gauge or 610 mm metric equivalent, which runs from Alston in Cumbria, into Northumberland, in Northern England. It has been constructed by volunteers on the formation of a former standard gauge branch line from the historic Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Two hundred years ago, Alston was the commercial centre of an important lead mining area, producing about 10,000 tonnes of lead per year. On 26th August 1846, the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company obtained an Act of Parliament, allowing it to build a branch line, 27 kilometres long, to the lead mines of the North Pennines at Nenthead. The passenger service runs part way along this historic line and commences on Good Friday and trains run every weekend, bank and most school holidays until the end of October. Steam locomotives are used on trains on most Sundays in June and July and daily from the last week in July to the end of August. Special events for families and children, with steam locomotives in service, are run in May, June and October. Special steam trains with gifts for children and seasonal refreshments for adults are run in December, before Christmas.