Heading North of the Humber

Sherri and a friendly Tern

Sherri heading of to Lindisfarne

 Two weeks back home and we felt the need for a break so we booked a week in Northumberland, an area we used to climb in a lot 'back then' and even wrote a guidebook to, but really don't know very well. The week extended to eleven days, the weather was mixed but we had a great time exploring somewhere new. It also gave me the chance to lay a sixty year old ghost to rest - way back in 1965 I was booked on a school trip to the Farne Islands, as a keen birder (a founder member of the Young Ornithologist Club) I was beyond excited. The day before the trip I knackered my ankle buggering about on a building site near home by running into boulders hidden in the grass - I was devastated!

The visit to the Farnes and to Lindisfarne we both great but we also incredibly busy, and expensive too - the wide open beaches and wild moors we visited were much more to our liking - we may have to return.