Counties Northumberland and Durham
Having said Slainte to Ireland the next destination was Newcastle upon Tyne and the UK counties of Durham and Northumberland. Home for the next five days was a village called Iveston, home of family friend Russell Iveson and his family.
An English cropper, Russell has been travelling to Coonamble to help at harvest for many years.
Historically, a farming and mining community, the shutdown of UK Coal collieries 2015 hailed significant changes in the demographic of village life.
Farming families still reside, but the bulk . . .
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