Walk: 11:15am to 4pm - 8.1 miles
A lesson was learnt yesterday, don't go anywhere popular at the weekend in the summer when the weather is set fair; so today we made the decision to leave the car parked up in front of the cottage and head off down the coast to Low Newton by the Sea.
As with yesterday the weather was almost perfect, plenty of sunny intervals but not too much to make it too hot for walking, and a nice sea breeze to help keep one fairly cool. Great walking weather.
We headed across the field at the back of the cottage and picked up the coastal path near the caravan park behind Beadnell Bay, then headed south down the coast with the sand dunes of Beadnell Bay between us and the sea. It was a lovely path through fields with plenty of wild flowers to add colour to the walk, ok not many points on interest along the way but very relaxing walking.
We dropped down the hill into Newton at around 1:30pm and found a nice bench around the village square to take in lunch. We'd planned to dine at the Ship Inn as Donna had found it on Tripadvisor before we left the cottage and the reviews were good - we weren't disappointed. It was very busy as you would expect as they do have a bit of a captive audience, but a good reputation also brings in the punters.
Both of us went for the bacon, mushroom and tomato stottie, mine washed down with a pint of Thatchers Gold cider, and Donna's with a refreshing lime and soda. The stotties were a nice size and very tasty, and on a lovely seeded bread. After about 30 minutes and feeling duly refreshed, we were ready to head back up the coast.
We took a slightly different route back, at least for the first half of the walk. Instead of cutting across the back of Newton Point we headed around it following the coast, then after Football Hole dropped down from the top of the dunes onto the beach where we walked along the edge of the sea for about half a mile. We had to head inland a little earlier than planned as the beach was roped off due to there being a large area set aside for breeding Terns, we now re-joined the path we had come along a few hours earlier.
I must admit that this last mile and a half or so I found very tiring. I was so fatigued, I think the heat and the walking had taken it's toll and I couldn't wait to get back to the cottage for a shower and to get my feet up.
A lesson was learnt yesterday, don't go anywhere popular at the weekend in the summer when the weather is set fair; so today we made the decision to leave the car parked up in front of the cottage and head off down the coast to Low Newton by the Sea.
As with yesterday the weather was almost perfect, plenty of sunny intervals but not too much to make it too hot for walking, and a nice sea breeze to help keep one fairly cool. Great walking weather.
We headed across the field at the back of the cottage and picked up the coastal path near the caravan park behind Beadnell Bay, then headed south down the coast with the sand dunes of Beadnell Bay between us and the sea. It was a lovely path through fields with plenty of wild flowers to add colour to the walk, ok not many points on interest along the way but very relaxing walking.
We dropped down the hill into Newton at around 1:30pm and found a nice bench around the village square to take in lunch. We'd planned to dine at the Ship Inn as Donna had found it on Tripadvisor before we left the cottage and the reviews were good - we weren't disappointed. It was very busy as you would expect as they do have a bit of a captive audience, but a good reputation also brings in the punters.
Both of us went for the bacon, mushroom and tomato stottie, mine washed down with a pint of Thatchers Gold cider, and Donna's with a refreshing lime and soda. The stotties were a nice size and very tasty, and on a lovely seeded bread. After about 30 minutes and feeling duly refreshed, we were ready to head back up the coast.
I must admit that this last mile and a half or so I found very tiring. I was so fatigued, I think the heat and the walking had taken it's toll and I couldn't wait to get back to the cottage for a shower and to get my feet up.
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