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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What beautiful photos. I have long wanted to go to Seahouses after reading about it many years ago. And seeing Robson Green's series about Northumberland made me want to go there even more and now your post has rekindled my interest yet again. Maybe one day x
ReplyDeleteWell worth a visit.
DeleteVery beautiful, and so much variety! Like the Poison Garden, the castle and the Lowry poster with the matching real life scenery. Not that long ago, YP (Yorkshire Pudding) posted about Lowry on his blog.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I do like standing stones - at least in part because we understand so little about them.
ReplyDeleteThey are intriguing.
DeleteWhat a wonderful part of the world. I can see the stories almost tripping off the page 'The Poison Garden' 'The Ever Changing Water' and of course, ''The Stones of Duddo' Standing Stones often feature in my work. Have you been inspired to write anything, based on your holiday?
ReplyDeleteI do make notes on locations to use in my stories, but using them as titles is a great idea.
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