Charming dog-friendly tea-rooms, Northumberland One of the very best garden tea rooms we've seen this year. The flowers are a delight and the cakes here are light and calorie-free.
A69 Roman Temple of Mithras dog walk, Northumberland On the rainswept day we were here it was hard to imagine Roman soldiers getting excited about Mithraic rituals here, let alone bull sacrifices and pagan fun.
A Roman walk with the dog, Northumberland This is one of the best Roman sites to visit with the dog because there is so much lush grass between the very spread out excavated sections that the dog will be fooled into thinking it's really a dog...
Dog walk through time in Roman Britain, Northumberland There's something dramatic about taking the dog for a walk around a Roman fort close to Hadrian's Wall. You've got to wonder if there are any ancient doggie sniffs for the pooch to savour.
A69 A walk with the dog on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland One of the very best bits of Hadrian's Wall with plenty of the wall to see, and the equally imposing sight of the Whin Sill pushing out from deep in the earth to the light.
Lovely long dog-friendly beach, Northumberland Great for letting your dog run free along a long wide beach.