Although we usually visit a little later in the year, we
decided to bring the holiday forward to take advantage of the forecast for good weather.
We have been here countless times and always seek and find
something new to see. We used the
village of Seahouses as our base, with wonderful views of the harbour and
Bamburgh Castle enhanced further by the binoculars which came with the
room. My husband even spotted an
Oystercatcher.
On the way to Seahouses, we visited Alnwick Gardens. We enjoyed the visit and there was a
pleasant ambiance with live music, the sound of the water features and the
ornamental gardens. However, it cost
£3.00 to park the car and the entrance for the ground only (not the castle) was
expensive as I had thought RHS members could still go free.
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| We had an interesting tour of the poison garden |
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| One of the ever changing water features |
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| The tree house for grownups is a restaurant |
We have visited the picturesque, model villages of Ford and
Etal before, but this time we visited the Standing Stones to the north of Etal. It’s a mystery to me how the stones were
transported to this place in the Bronze Age, also how such a setting from which
you can see for miles around was found. The stones were a circle (a henge) but
a couple of them have disappeared over the years.
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| Pub in Etal with its picturesque thatched roof |
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| Etal Castle |
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| The standing stones at Duddo |
We continued to Berwick-on-Tweed, a town surrounded by ramparts on the
Scottish border, wondering if we would need passports to travel further North in
future! We went to see an exhibition in a
restored granary of L S Lowry’s work depicting this area.
All too soon it was time to leave but not before we stopped at various other places en route.
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| Early morning sun coming through the mist at Alnmouth |
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| Warkworth Castle |
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| Morpeth |
I can thoroughly recommend this beautiful part of England
and guarantee that you will be smitten by the dramatic scenery, the like of which my camera
cannot really capture.
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