Crabtree & Crabtree

It all started, as many of my best ideas do, sitting around a roaring fire on the banks of the Tweed in the wee hours, dram in hand, dogs snoring by my feet. Having spent years singing the praises of this wild and beautiful part of the world to anyone who would listen, it struck me that night that my passion for Northumberland had gone beyond inviting friends to stay. No longer able to accommodate the growing fanbase of like-minded friends - and friends of friends who were being won over by this understated part of the world, I had been quizzing local friends and acquaintances about the best private homes available for holiday use. Once Id matched my visitors with the perfect property, I would send them handwritten notes with details of our familys favourite haunts, from epic rambles and cycling routes to where to find the best fish & chips and those hidden picnic spots that no one else knows about. They came back, again and again. And each one sowed another little Crabtree & C...