Northumbria

Following our current policy of escaping evry month or so for a short break we have just returned from a delightful three nights away on the Northumberland coast.

                                                         Church of St.Ebba in Beadnell

                                                                  Seahouses harbour

It is a place we have visited before and somewhere that we find enchanting.  The break enabled my lovely wife to escape from cooking and also enabled us to get to know better our V40 which is proving to be a very lively turbocharged 1500cc beauty.

Must admit that the navigation system has had us flummoxed on occasion...not a 'luxury' we have experienced in any of our previous cars when we have used a simple map to travel across chunks of the UK and Europe.

                                                               The Farne Islands

                                                         The Longstone Lighthouse

                                                 The Shannon Class lifeboat at Seahouses

We stayed at an hotel in Beadnell and travelled from there each day to various places along the coast including Seahouses,  Bamburgh,  and Craster.

                       The church at Bamburgh,  Grace Darling's family grave and memorial

As members of the RNLI it was a pleasure to visit the staion at Seahouses and also the Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh.

                                                                    Bamburgh Castle

                                                                 Beadnell harbour

                                                       Ancient lime kilns at Beadnell

Hopefully the pictures have told the story.