We spent the weekend up in the beautiful and wild Northumberland coast visiting Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Bamburgh, Berwick upon Tweed, Seahouses, taking a boat cruise to see the wildlife living on the Farne Islands and a stop at Alnwick Castle.
We walked on the beach at twilight with a very strange cloud formation over us (it looked like a fleet of UFOs), tracked down
Singing Hinnies at a bakery, discovered a wonderful new Northumberland blue cheese called "
Darling Blue" and drank Alnwick ale and a Foxy Blonde with fish and chips in the pub. Ahhhhh.... it was a fine weekend.
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| Bamburgh Castle |
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| Driving across the causeway to Linisfarne. I checked the tide table for safe crossing time but this still felt a little bit "Indiana Jones-ish" to me. |
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| 16th century Lindisfarne Castle |
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| Boat sheds at Lindisfarne Castle made from the upturned herring fishing boats |
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| Cheerful daffodils waving everywhere we look |
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| Fish and chips at the pub in Bamburgh |
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| Our boat to the Farne Islands hopefully to see some puffins |
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| Seabird heaven - Kittiwakes, Shags, Cormorants, Guillemots, Eider ducks, and of course Puffins |
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| The grey seal colony |
and what about banana?
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