Our original plan for today was a trip north to Edinburgh by rail, but as the forecast was for rain from late afternoon our plans changed, and fingers crossed tomorrow when a dry day is forecast will now be time to cross the border.
So as we didn't need to arise early (ish) and get ready to leave for the train, I rose from my slumber at around 7am, with Donna already sat in the lounge watching TV. And within seconds of me looking through the curtains and seeing the orange glow of the sun as it closed in on it's rise from below the horizon, I had decided to head out to the sea front.
It took me about 5 minutes to get togged up ready to head out in the frost, and 5 minutes later I was stood atop the dunes setting up my camera. I ended up spending around an hour on the beach and around the small harbour taking advantage of the great light, then set off back for breakfast.
After mulling over a few options for our day, we both came up with something from the same source; Linhope Spout. Donna had found a website last year and it listed 10 'hidden gems' in Northumberland, so we made the decision to head an hour across into deepest Northumberland to the eastern edge of the Cheviot Hills.
The route across was a little tricky as the roads were narrow and often covered in ice or at least coated in frost. However by 10:45am we were booted up and set for the relatively short hike. A round trip of just over 3 miles, however as we found out it wasn't a flat walk but had a couple of relatively steep ascents with snow covered and very icy descents.
It was however worth it, whilst the waterfall is nothing like those that we have seen in Iceland, it was however a good size, and today it was raging after the snow we have had on the hills, and sited in a lovely secluded valley surrounding the trees. A lovely quiet spot, like we were the only people in the world.
After spending about 20 to 30 minutes there taking photos, we headed back to the car, arriving back there about 45 minutes later. There was no packed lunch for us today, we would be trying to get to The Running Fox again in Felton and hopefully this time there would be a table free.
So 30 minutes later, we were in the cafe and thankfully only a 5 minute wait for a table. And it didn't disappoint, just as nice as the last time we were up here in the middle of 2018, albeit last time it was to their smaller bakery/cafe a few miles away. The afternoon tea was 'bloody lovely', and to be honest at £30 for two people it is actually really good value for the quality of food that you get.
We needed to detour to Sainsbury's in Alnwick on the way back, but as we closed in on Beadnell we could see that there were a couple of kitesurfers popping up over the tops of the dunes, so we spent a wet 10 minutes on the beach watching them before returning to the cottage. And by 4pm we back at the cottage for a relaxing evening.
So as we didn't need to arise early (ish) and get ready to leave for the train, I rose from my slumber at around 7am, with Donna already sat in the lounge watching TV. And within seconds of me looking through the curtains and seeing the orange glow of the sun as it closed in on it's rise from below the horizon, I had decided to head out to the sea front.
It took me about 5 minutes to get togged up ready to head out in the frost, and 5 minutes later I was stood atop the dunes setting up my camera. I ended up spending around an hour on the beach and around the small harbour taking advantage of the great light, then set off back for breakfast.
After mulling over a few options for our day, we both came up with something from the same source; Linhope Spout. Donna had found a website last year and it listed 10 'hidden gems' in Northumberland, so we made the decision to head an hour across into deepest Northumberland to the eastern edge of the Cheviot Hills.
The route across was a little tricky as the roads were narrow and often covered in ice or at least coated in frost. However by 10:45am we were booted up and set for the relatively short hike. A round trip of just over 3 miles, however as we found out it wasn't a flat walk but had a couple of relatively steep ascents with snow covered and very icy descents.
It was however worth it, whilst the waterfall is nothing like those that we have seen in Iceland, it was however a good size, and today it was raging after the snow we have had on the hills, and sited in a lovely secluded valley surrounding the trees. A lovely quiet spot, like we were the only people in the world.
After spending about 20 to 30 minutes there taking photos, we headed back to the car, arriving back there about 45 minutes later. There was no packed lunch for us today, we would be trying to get to The Running Fox again in Felton and hopefully this time there would be a table free.
So 30 minutes later, we were in the cafe and thankfully only a 5 minute wait for a table. And it didn't disappoint, just as nice as the last time we were up here in the middle of 2018, albeit last time it was to their smaller bakery/cafe a few miles away. The afternoon tea was 'bloody lovely', and to be honest at £30 for two people it is actually really good value for the quality of food that you get.
We needed to detour to Sainsbury's in Alnwick on the way back, but as we closed in on Beadnell we could see that there were a couple of kitesurfers popping up over the tops of the dunes, so we spent a wet 10 minutes on the beach watching them before returning to the cottage. And by 4pm we back at the cottage for a relaxing evening.
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