Walk: 11am to 3pm - 5 miles
So, our last full day of our week in Northumberland, and one last time to decide on what to do for the day. As the weather was set fair we picked out another walk from our pack of St Oswalds walks, and would head up the coast to the Holy Island, or Lindisfarne depending on your choice of name for the religious island.
We went to Lindisfarne when we were up here in July, but as it was a Saturday it was very busy so we didn't really get chance to look around the castle. Ok, the main reason for going today was for the walk, but we had hoped to get some time to have a look around the castle. Safe crossing today was 9:15am to 3:55pm so we left the cottage around 10am and arrived just before 10:30am.
And how wrong we were about it being a little quieter today being a Thursday outside of the holiday season; the car-park was packed! Even more so than when we arrived a few weeks ago, so the castle was out of the question. Never mind, lots to see on our walk.
We left the main car-park and headed northwards over to the beach at Back Skerrs where we spent half an hour or so walking around the rocks and looking for interesting things in the rock pools; nothing that exciting was found although we managed to see quite a few mussels and limpets, and other small shellfish. For the next 30 minutes or so we meandered around the dunes as there were paths all over the place, so difficult to find where we needed to go, however thankfully Donna had noted that some white painted poles were a marker on part of the route and this got us back on track.
The route then took us east in the direction of Emmanuel Head, a 35ft tall structure which was the first daymark ever constructed on the shores of Britain. We stopped there for 5 minutes to have a drink and rest our legs which were a little weary from this week's walking. The path then took us south around the end of The Lough which is a very popular place for birdwatchers, there is a lovely new large wooden hide there where the 'twitchers' can sit and look out over The Lough for sightings of the various birds that are common in and around Lindisfarne.
The path then took as back west towards the main village, where we soon reached the car-park ready to set off back home. By around 3:30pm we were back having toasted tea-cakes and a cuppa back at the cottage. Two or three hours sat with our feet up and then out for a meal at the Insieme restaurant 10 minutes up the coast in Seahouses. A nice end to another lovely day.
So, our last full day of our week in Northumberland, and one last time to decide on what to do for the day. As the weather was set fair we picked out another walk from our pack of St Oswalds walks, and would head up the coast to the Holy Island, or Lindisfarne depending on your choice of name for the religious island.
We went to Lindisfarne when we were up here in July, but as it was a Saturday it was very busy so we didn't really get chance to look around the castle. Ok, the main reason for going today was for the walk, but we had hoped to get some time to have a look around the castle. Safe crossing today was 9:15am to 3:55pm so we left the cottage around 10am and arrived just before 10:30am.
We left the main car-park and headed northwards over to the beach at Back Skerrs where we spent half an hour or so walking around the rocks and looking for interesting things in the rock pools; nothing that exciting was found although we managed to see quite a few mussels and limpets, and other small shellfish. For the next 30 minutes or so we meandered around the dunes as there were paths all over the place, so difficult to find where we needed to go, however thankfully Donna had noted that some white painted poles were a marker on part of the route and this got us back on track.
The path then took as back west towards the main village, where we soon reached the car-park ready to set off back home. By around 3:30pm we were back having toasted tea-cakes and a cuppa back at the cottage. Two or three hours sat with our feet up and then out for a meal at the Insieme restaurant 10 minutes up the coast in Seahouses. A nice end to another lovely day.
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