The Warkworth House Hotel ...

This used be a coaching inn the receptionist said - 

She was a brawny woman with a fearless northern laugh - 

Yes she said - then it was owned by the Rington tea family - have you heard of a Rington tea? -

We shook our heads -  

Soldiers used it during the wars - they used to parade around the Cross - 

We were handed our heavy brass keys - 

My room was reached by a long corridor, hung with engravings of huntsmen - 

The sash window overlooked the quiet street - 

The wardrobe was deep enough to touch Narnia - 

I lay upon my bed in a nest of cushions - 

The uneven floor creaked beneath my feet - 

Downstairs, there were warm parlours and a bar scented by dark ales - 

Two courtly Geordies sat in club chairs - 

It's his knees one of them said, pointing to his friend - it'll take him hours to get out of that chair - 

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Thursday 21 July 2016

Warkworth House Hotel

Warkworth

Northumbria