Back on track

Northumberland Coast Path - 100kms of broad beaches, dramatic skies, castles and fishing villages.

Miles and miles of firm sand walking. Yes, we did get rained on a few times but the showers were brief, moving on quickly, the temperatures were cool, perfect for walking.

We did get lost several times, in the dunes and when the track deviated inland. 

But we saw a surprising variety of interesting things.

Berwick-on-Tweed, the Northern end of the path, with its three old bridges. We walked over the closet one, built in the early 1600s and still used by cars today.

Vera on-location filming at Spittal Beach, less than an hour after starting the path, we stopped and waited over 2 hours for a glimpse.

Castles

Hogwarts  aka, Alnwick Castle. The lovely town of Alnwick was one of two places we stayed while walking, using the buses to get to and from our walk each day.

Lindisfarne 

Bamburgh

Bamburgh from the beach.

Dunstanburgh

Warkworth

Pretty villages 

Low Newton where the King of the Yetholm gypsies planned smuggling operations at the Ship Inn.

Warkworth overlooked by its castle. We enjoyed Raspberry roulade in a cafe for lunch, as well as vegie lasagne with salad and chips. 

Craster is famous for smoked kippers. No, I did not try them.

Old lime kilns at Beadnell Harbour, next to a wide crescent- shaped sandy beach.

Seahouses, where a cheeky starling tried to steal my sandwich. The seagulls weren't interested.

Fossils, rocks, dogs, people and other things. I took so many photos of things that interested me. These are just a few of them.

Fossils

Anti-tank blocks from WWII

Strange looking cows

Ringing for permission to cross the train line.

Seaweed in rock pool

Recognising the RNLI who rescue people from the sea.

Black headed gull (yes, it has a brown head)

Lots of conversations with other walkers and their dogs.

The best sand castle I have ever seen, with Dunstsanburgh on the horizon.

Seabirds nesting on a cliff.

Eider ducks

Grumpy seagulls - you would be grumpy if someone chopped your body off and stuck your head in concrete. Lol

More Eider ducks

Diving ducks

Cute puffin. I think the kids at the playground have been feeding him too much.

More anti-tank blocks. They must have made thousands of these.

The end. These steps at Cresswell mark the southern end of the Northumberland Coast Path.

The Northumberland Coast Path was wonderful. We were fortunate that low tides in the middle of the day and calm, glassy seas enabled hours of relaxing walking on the beaches, watching the dramatic ever-changing skies, local bird life, meeting dogs and their people.