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[email protected]. DECEMBER 2017 | Since 1979 AndrewHarper.com TRAVELING THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF TRULY ENCHANTING PLACES HOSPITABLE INNS, EVOCATIVE LANDSCAPES, CULTURAL TREASURES COVER PHOTOGRAPH Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland, Northumberland ENGLAND’S NORTH COUNTRY THIS MONTH ver the years, I have followed numer- largest Gothic cathedral north of the Alps. SCENIC BRITISH ROAD TRIP ous driving itineraries in England The Middle Ages also gave York imposing Our circuitous route took us through the Oand Scotland, but they have invari- city walls, built on top of the Roman ones, pristine countryside of Yorkshire, Cumbria and ably been circular and self-contained. On which remain almost completely intact. Northumberland. Highlights of our trip included memorable visits to Castle Howard, Fountains this trip I constructed a route that links In the past, my preferred place to stay Abbey, Hadrian’s Wall and Alnwick Castle. .....1-6 the two countries together. I decided that has been Middlethorpe Hall, a classically our point of departure would be York, a proportioned redbrick mansion dating TOURING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST historic city at the southern edge of the from 1701, set amid 20 acres of landscaped After a sojourn in Portland, we headed north Yorkshire Dales National Park, and that we grounds, about two and a half miles from to Whidbey Island and San Juan Island, before would conclude our journey in Edinburgh.