Beamish...

I’ve been meaning to visit the Beamish Outdoor Museum for years, and today - by accident, not design - I saw a sign and followed it. Beamish was crowded - I hadn’t realised it was half term - but fun. The contrast between old and new was mildly disorientating. I saw a woman dressed like a suffragette but carrying a walkie-talkie, and overheard a snatch of conversation: “We have a dog muck situation near the entrance”…