Though the sun is shining at the moment, this winter seems to have been a long, very wet and certainly very windy one (still 35 mph gusts this morning).
So I've pulled this out of my Flickr possibles folder to get a dose of sun & warmth, if only by proxy!
This field with the crop taken over by poppies was just out of Alnwick (marked as Harlaw Hill on the OS map) and the view is towards Alnwick Moor with the Golf Ball visible of the skyline.

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With Hedgehope Hill beyond. My destination was The Cheviot, off-shot to the right, though the starting point is the same for both.

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No idea why this little bit of fence is there as it looks way younger than the tree.

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Mist creeping across The Pastures - Alnwick Castle's grazing land across the Aln from the castle (just visible on the horizon centre shot).

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