Wednesday: Walk 3 Craster
(Pathfinder Northumberland Guide Walk#7)
4.68 Miles, 2hrs 15 mins.
Weather: Cloudy with sunny spells, a little rain
Todays short coastal walk started form the small coastal harbour of Craster.
We parked up in what was probably the main (only?) car park, paid £2 (all day parking), and headed off up the road to the very small harbour.
Here we paused a while for a few pictures, took in the views around, and then continued on the coastal path leading to Dunstanburgh Castle (just follow everyone else!!)
The path along the coast is wide, grassy and popular, but quite good views across the rocky coast, and of the castle in the distance.
We headed up to the castle entrance, declined to pay the fee for what effectively is a ruin (not THAT into castles!), and then followed the suggested route on a path left around the castle below it. Looking at the ruin, Dunstanburgh would have been a large castle, a pity that there is only a part of it left. It does look very distinctive though on the coastline and the ruin perhaps adds to that effect.
(Pathfinder Northumberland Guide Walk#7)
4.68 Miles, 2hrs 15 mins.
Weather: Cloudy with sunny spells, a little rain
Todays short coastal walk started form the small coastal harbour of Craster.We parked up in what was probably the main (only?) car park, paid £2 (all day parking), and headed off up the road to the very small harbour.
Here we paused a while for a few pictures, took in the views around, and then continued on the coastal path leading to Dunstanburgh Castle (just follow everyone else!!)The path along the coast is wide, grassy and popular, but quite good views across the rocky coast, and of the castle in the distance.
We headed up to the castle entrance, declined to pay the fee for what effectively is a ruin (not THAT into castles!), and then followed the suggested route on a path left around the castle below it. Looking at the ruin, Dunstanburgh would have been a large castle, a pity that there is only a part of it left. It does look very distinctive though on the coastline and the ruin perhaps adds to that effect.
This led us along a grassy narower, sandy path near to a golf course on the left and the coast on our right, very pleasant really. We then headed back inland at a path crossing the golf course, following bridle paths and roads back in parallel to our original coast route with views of the castle form a more inland perspective.
We arrived back to the car park after 2hrs 15 mins, and decided to have a drive along the coast, then back to Rothbury.
Our Walk Score: 6.5/10
Our Walk Score: 6.5/10
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