We reminded ourselves why no one would ever want to visit Northumberland

What's so great about Northumberland?

As we launch Northumberland Live as a new channel of ChronicleLive, we thought it was important to remind people why the county absolutely isn't somewhere you'd want to visit.

Seriously, let us save your time. There are plenty of reasons, here are a few:

It's a pretty ugly place

The village of Elsdon in the Coquet Valley, Northumberland National Park, England (Newcastle Chronicle)

Hideous

Poppies in the dunes at Alnmouth (Richard Laidler)

It's even worse at night

The Milky Way and millions of stars over Dunstanburgh Castle (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

See? Awful

The Northern Lights at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

Fancy at day out at the beach? You won't have any fun here

Beach huts on the Northumberland coast at Blyth beach (Newcastle Chronicle)

And if you want to get away from the crowds, you should probably find somewhere else

The long stretch of beach at Ross, Northumberland (Ross Cottages)

There's nothing for kids to do

Wizarding attractions at Alnwick Castle (Alnwick Castle)

And there's no community spirit

Kids from Newsham Primary School celebrate Northumberland Day by sharing what they love about the county (newcastle chronicle)

The food? Don't get me started

Chocolate Mousse at The Alnwick Treehouse by Searcys (Sue Todd Photography)

Bird watchers need not apply

Rangers take part in an annual puffin count at the Farne Islands (Newcastle Chronicle)

Move along, nothing to see here

An adult seal on the National Trust owned Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

There's absolutely no point taking a boat trip round here

Bottlenose dolphins swimming off the Farne Islands

The weather's always terrible

Snowy scenes at Kielder Water (Newcastle Chronicle)

And the local heroes aren't particularly impressive

Ashington-born footballing brother Jack Charlton and Bobby Charlton, after being selected to play for England in 1965 (PA)

History? Nah, there's none here

Lindisfarne Priory and Statue of St Aidan (Newcastle Chronicle)

And we certainly don't have enough castles

Bamburgh Castle (Newcastle Chronicle)

Just don't bother

Berwick-Upon-Tweed (Newcastle Chronicle)

Honestly, stay at home

Keilder sunset by Tony Dixon (Tony Dixon)

Leave Northumberland to us - we already love it here

The official launch of Northumberland Day 2018 was marked by a landing on Longstone Island for the 180th anniversary of Grace Darlings heroic rescue (newcastle chronicle)