So we thought we would raid our photo archives to remind you just how much Northumberland loves having a laugh – and we hope it will not be too long before we will all do so again.
1. You have to sand it to them
NewYear's Day dippers at Alnmouth Beach earlier this year. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Jane Coltman
2. Straw inspiring
A new face in the pulpit at All Saints Church during the Rennington Scarecrow Festival in 2018. | JPIMedia Photo: Paul Larkin
3. Separated at birth?
Skara and Nigel Knighton won the "dog most like its owner" class in the Cheviot Vets dog show at Powburn in 2018. | Johnston Press Photo: Jane Coltman
4. The right results
Charlotte Walton, Rosie Shotton, Tamsin Keeney and Libby Payne celebrate receiving their GCSE results at Duchess's Community High School, in Alnwick, in 2019. | JPIMedia Resell Photo: Jane Coltman