Northumberland

Yes, its very very very 'up north'. Just had a very good three night break up there with H and our chums David & Mandy (AKA the spaniel people from Harrogate), plus Scrumpy and their dog Macey.

Had a really nice little house on the edge of a (disused, fortunately) quarry, just on the outskirts of Bamburgh.

 

IMG_2188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First day was a touch grey, so perfect for a long beach amble to Seahouses with Bamburgh Castle in the background. And the obligatory fish and chip lunch overlooking the harbour.

IMG_2097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then it was sunny all the way! 

IMG_2124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very good trip to cute and very quiet (god knows how people live there) Holy Island / Lindisfarne (I vaguely remember brother Richard having an album of theirs in the 70s..)

IMG_2206

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dogs loved their swimmies

IMG_2057

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humans loved rather a lot of scoffing food and slightly too many margaritas on night 1 (I still don't remember the late night cheese on toast, oops).

IMG_2233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mands (or was it Scrumpy??) wrote a nice romantic thing in the sand for us (certainly wasn't either of us two!) 

IMG_2209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good to get away for a few days and also to celebrate D&M deciding to go ahead with their new house purchase. Looking forward to the guest room walk-in wardrobe..

And a nice easy train ride both ways, first trip for the sexy Two Together railcard. God we are getting old…

x