Saturday 12 February 2022

Exploring :: Northumberland #2 ... Beadnell, Craster & Alnmouth

Hi there everyone πŸ˜ƒ

It’s time for the second instalment of our break in Northumberland ... back at the beginning of December. We’d had a lovely steady day staying local on the Saturday, with a nice walk into Seahouses

On Sunday the weather was shocking and we spent a day just chilling out in Cuthbert’s Cottage, before enjoying a lamb roast dinner. We’d done the lamb in the slow cooker using this Good Food recipe and it was absolutely delicious. This photo is pre Yorkshire puddings (of the Aunt Bessie variety) and gravy (of the slow cooked home made variety) …

We spent the evening, in our comfies, sat at the kitchen table, working our way through this 'Puzmat' game, and we were thrilled to say we managed to solve all of the puzzles and find the final solution ...

The forecast was better for Monday and we had a big day out on the cards … but not before a big breakfast to see us through …

We started off with a drive along the coast heading south. There were plenty more signs of the devastation caused by Arwen, with lots of damaged roofs, fallen trees and fence panels. We even came across a touring caravan than was pretty much just a pile of torn up metal.

Our first stop was Beadnell Harbour where we had a walk along the beach … dodging the seaweed, which we weren't sure whether was normal or was a result of the storm ...
To say it was a bit wild and bleak was an understatement ...
... but we were more than ready for the cold ...

We were heading for the old lime kilns and the small harbour ...
Once up off the beach we had a wander along the harbour wall ...

... and right out to the end ...

... for some great views of Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance ...
The wind was biting out on the end of the harbour and we didn't hang around long before making our way back to have a closer look at the old lime kilns ...
From Beadnell we headed to Craster where we started with a walk along the cliff path towards Dunstonburgh castle …

… before retracing our steps and having a wander round the village …


... taking in the sights ... and smells ...

From Craster we were off a bit further down the coat to Alnmouth, where I wanted to stop and capture the view of the pretty coloured houses across the river estuary …


We had a bit of a pitstop in Alnmouth ...

... and a drive down over the golf course to have another look at the sea ...

From Alnmouth we were heading off to Alnwick for our last stop of the day. We were booked it to eat at The Tree House, followed by a visit to the Alnwick Garden Winter Light Trail, but I think I'll tell you about that in my next post πŸ˜€

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10 comments:

  1. I enjoyed those photos of the coast of Northumberland & I do love the north east coast of UK, where I've spent a reasonable amount of time as my stepdaughter lives in Scarborough. Thanks, take care & hugs.

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    1. We love the Yorkshire coast too … we are more Whitby than Scarborough fans though each have a totally different charm πŸ˜ƒ

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  2. I love wild and bleak at this time of year - those little snippets of colour amongst the stark greys. What a lovely break.

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    1. We love wild and bleak too … so much quieter and can’t beat going back to a cosy cottage at the end of a day out exploring πŸ˜ƒ

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  3. Your photos do the area alot of justice, it's so beautiful even in Winter. We stopped off at Craster on our way to Scotland, I remember the smell of those smoking kippers!

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    1. Oh thank you … it really is a lovely part of the country πŸ˜ƒ

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  4. When the boys were younger, Northumberland was a firm favourite - we stayed 'inland' of Berwick and easy reach of Wooler, Bamburgh and the Cheviots. We visited Craster and the boys had the biggest Mr Whippy type ice creams I have ever seen, they lasted the whole walk to Dunstanburgh Castle - such sticky children!

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    1. I’m glad my post gave you a bit of a wander down memory Lane. We also visited Berwick for the first time and loved it. We thought it was a bit like York but by the sea πŸ˜ƒ

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  5. First of all, oh to have Yorkshire pudding with gravy AND an English breakfast, it's just not the same here!
    It looks like you had a lovely outing, so many great photos.

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    1. We did eat well Astrid and we had a fabulous trip … just what we all needed πŸ˜ƒ

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