Exploring :: Northumberland #7 … Berwick-upon-Tweed

Hi there everyone 😃

Well, here we are … the final post from our break in Northumberland back in December and finally … I got to visit Berwick-upon-Tweed.

We’d had a lovely hour or so wandering along the prom and the beach at Spittal, collected a great stash of sea glass, and we were heading across the Tweed and into Berwick ...

It was certainly looking like the weather was not going to be giving us a problem and, after a drive down the High Street we ended up squeezing our way through a narrow arch and finding a great spot to park, for free, on the quay area … 

... with a fabulous view of the bridges …

Having no real idea what to expect we headed back through the arch and took a left to head along the town wall ...

Well it was just beautiful ... for me ... it was kind of like York, but by the sea. It was just so pretty ...

... and, as we continued our walk around the town walls towards the sea, it didn't disappoint. There was another beautiful view at every turn ... the weather helped ... we really did get to see it at it's very best ...

As we reached the end of the row of pretty Georgian houses the views looking out over the estuary, back towards Spittal were fabulous ... with a perfect sky ...

This is the view looking back the way we had walked from ... towards the bridges across the river ...

... and this is the view towards the way we were walking ... you can see the start of the lighthouse pier on the right, though the lighthouse is way further out ... 

... as you can see here ...

And here it is looking down the sights of the ancient canon ...

From here we decided we wouldn't walk down to the lighthouse at this point, but carry on, cutting off the point, and come back to the lighthouse later ... moving the car down closer.

It really was a lovely spot though ... 

The views great in all directions, including looking back across to Spittal into the late afternoon sun ...

From here the path took us between the lighthouse promontory on one side and the back of the town on the other ...

 

We passed old fortifications ...

... the old beacon ...

... and evidence of the strength of the recent storms ...

At the crest of the hill we decided to head left back into town, which took us past the church and the old barracks ...

It was then a left onto the High Street and, after a quick stop in Costa for refreshments we headed back to the car.

It was a short drive down to the end of the lighthouse pier ... 

... and whilst we were beginning to flag a bit, there was no way we weren't going to walk to the end of the pier ...

It was a lovely walk out along the pier, breezy, but lovely ...

We made our way back as the sun was beginning to drop ... 

It really was the perfect end to a perfect day of a pretty near perfect week away 😀😀😀

I am so glad that I got to make my first visit to Berwick-upon-Tweed ... I really can't see it being my last 💜💜💜

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