HOT DATES 2011-September Update

Compiled by your Hot Dates Blogger, STEPHEN BELL!

***NOTE: BETWEEN 8^TH AND 11^TH SEPTEMBER THERE IS FREE HERITAGE OPEN DAYS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE AREA. GOOGLE HERITAGE OPEN DAYS FOR DETAILS**

POWER FROM THE PAST: Beamish Museum 1^st-4^th September

MONTANE KIELDER 100 MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE: Kielder Castle 3^rd September

WOLSINGHAM SHOW: 3^rd and 4^th September

MIDDLESBOROUGH 10K ROAD RACE: 4^th September

DURHAM BIG RIDE: 4^th September

STEAMPUNKS AT LINCOLN: 9^th-11^th September

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVENING: (6PM-10PM) Tanfield Railway. 9^th September

LEGENDS OF INDUSTRY GALA: Tanfield Railway 10^th September

STANHOPE SHOW: 10^th September +++ DPS Assignment Outing +++

CELEBRATING MINERS BANNERS: Bowburn 10^th September

DLI Reunion, Durham Cathedral 11th September. Contact John Attle.

Durham Big Ride, The Beast: 11^th September

NEWCASTLE MELA: Sunday 11^th September

BEAMISH AGRICULTURAL SHOW: 15^th-18^th September

LOCOMOTION TO YORK STEAM AND DIESEL SHUTTLE RUNS: Trains running between Shildon and York 17^th-18^th and 24^th-25^th September

WORLD SHEEPDOG TRIALS FOOD AND COUNTRY CRAFT FESTIVAL**1^st TIME EVENT FOR THE UK**:15^th-18^th September Lowther Park Cumbria www.lowther.co.uk

GATESHEAD MILLENIUM BRIDGE 10 YEAR CELEBRATION FESTIVAL: 16^th-17^th September

GREAT NORTH CITY GAMES: NEWCASTLE 17^th September

BUPA GREAT NORTH RUN WEEKEND: 17^th and 18^th September

RHYTHM AND BLUES FESTIVAL DARLIGTON: 18^th September

PORSCHE CLUB GATHERING RABY CASTLE 18^th September

HEXHAM ABBEY FESTIVAL: 23^rd September- 2^nd October

WHIBY SIXTIES SPECTACULAR: 23^rd-25^th September

ANNUAL STEAM GALA SHILDON RAILWAY MUSEUM: 24^th-25^th September

MASHAM SHEEP FAIR: 24^th-25^th September

SUNDERLAND PRIDE: 25^th September

PICKERING WARTIME WEEKEND: 14^th to 16^th October

TURNER PRIZE AT BALTIC: 21^st October 2011 to 8^th January 2012

WHITBY GOTHIC WEEKEND: 4^th to 6^th November

LUMIERE, Durham: 17^th to 20^th November

BOXING DAY DIP: 26^th December, Seaham and Seaburn, Sunderland

New postings in red. Dates subject to confirmation

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