Mechanics Institute on Percy Street in Alnwick - https://alnwickcivicsociety.org.uk/2020/08/27/mechanics-institute/ - The building, as many are in the town, is an impressive build in sandstone though the sloping door columns are what really caught my eye.
The plaque by the door reads: Mechanics Institute, Erected 1831 by public subscription for 'diffusing knowledge among artisans'
Could I have moved the green wheelie bin? yes, though that is how I found it & in my urbexing I like to leave nothing but footprints & take nothing but photos - so authenticity is the rule & I'd have had to wheel it back.
I just liked the weather worn red paint & the triple terraced stone steps leading to the Corn Exchange building itself. There were many little alleys leading off a main street between buildings.
The little bushel insignia above the clock gives a clue to the building if the gold title at the foot of the façade didn't give it away: Corn Exchange Lane.
Dunstanburgh Castle ruin framed by the rectangular hole in the south pier sea wall.
https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/craster-harbour/
Apparently the structure was part of a rope apparatus for transporting stone from the quarry - now a car park - about 500m away.
Craster harbour looking north towards Dunstanburgh Castle - current population is 305 ( last census ) & a little memorial in the village near the slipway remembers the 21 local people who dies in WW1 & WW2 - a very significant number for such a sparsely populated region.
Caster is on the Castle Route - a road I like to drive - and passes through & along some fine sandy beaches & high dunes. It's the North East so even in summer in unsheltered spots the wind can chill you, sheltered it can be epic & one of my favourite places.
https://www.visitnorthumberland.com/explore/destinations/castles
Little jaunt up to #Northumberland yesterday #Alnwick & #Craster get my steps in & take some #streeptphotography images.
The two doorways are in Alnwick & I particularly liked the MI building & entrance.
In Craster I used the concrete gap in the sea wall to frame #DunstanburghCastle