Northumberland May 2010 Day 1

Saturday: Northumberland May 2010

Day 1 - 8th May 2010 (Sat)

We set off around 09:30, via A1,
straight up to Seahouses for a fish and chip lunch. Seahouses is a small harbour village with good views up the coast to Bamburgh Castle and trips out to the nature reserves of the Farne Islands (Never been on these trips, maybe next time!)

Around 13:30 we carried on a bit further north past Bamburgh Castle and rejoined the A1 after a while for a trip to Holy Island.

The important thing here, is that access to the island is via the Lindisfarne Causeway and can only be made during a lower tide "window". We had looked up the tide times from the website before the trip and Saturday was the best day for us to go based on this. See Link Below:

http://holy-island.info/lindisfarnecastle/2010/

The access road itself is very good (better than expected) and parking was found in a large car park from the main roadway, and a short walk into the town.

What is there on the Island?

Lindisfarne Castle is a short walk away (10-15 mins) through a small harbour area and a path leading to the castle in the distance. The weather was not so pleasant though as it was quite cold and windy. There is a shuttle bus operates also, for those that do not fancy the walk.

We walked around the area but did not pay to go in the castle, instead walking back to the town and looking around a few local shops. Mainly of the gift shop type, though one in particular caught my interest as it sold many, many malt whiskys, which were begging to be purchased and of course drank!

There were lots of sheep!!

Once back to the car park we left and headed to our accommodation for the week - Marmic Cottage in Rothbury.