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Award Winning Review of 2023

What a year 2023 has been.  We have been so lucky to see so many returning guests and always enjoy catching up with all your news. March saw us retaining our Gold award at the North East Tourism awards for the Best B&B in the North East. In May we were awarded Trip Advisor Travelers Choice […]

Flying back in time. Chocks Away!

As experiences go this one is difficult to beat. Flying over the beautiful Northumberland landscape in a genuine 1940s Tiger Moth. Tiger Flights is based at Eshott Airfield just 30 minutes from us straight down the A1. They have been offering the Tiger Moth flights for a few months now and are rapidly gaining a reputation for being […]

How Lucky We Are

Steve and I have just returned from a few days away on the North Yorkshire coast. Sometimes it takes a visit to somewhere new to realise how amazing everything is on your doorstep. Don’t get me wrong, you all see how much we rave about everything Northumberland has to offer, particularly North Northumberland. But this […]

Homegrown Fruit and Spring in the Garden

At Market Cross we prefer to provide as much homemade, homegrown produce as we can to our guests. What we did To add to this we planted some fruit trees/plants a couple of years ago in order to be able to “grow our own” in the future. These consisted of pear, plum and apple trees […]

Winter Break and Great Coffee

It’s always a sad time when something comes to an end and today it was our favourite coffee shop. Pilgrims Coffee House is closing its doors for the last time. Sorry, that’s probably a bit dramatic and we should explain that it is only for the winter. They WILL be back next year and with […]

Field to Jar in Four Hours

Despite the beast from the east some soft fruits have been amazing this year. The strawberries really benefitted from the cold winter and the damp spring. This has given them an amazing flavour and colour. Sadly, the raspberries have not enjoyed this weather so much and are suffering. We hope they will pick up and […]