Saturday, June 23, 2007

The Coast

After seeing Lindisfarne, we drove south and saw more of the coast. We walked on the beach near Bamburgh castle, where there are high dunes to walk through before you get to the sea. It reminded us of the National Seashore near Cape Canaveral in Florida. Later the same day we took another coastal walk to see Dunstanburgh Castle, which is situated up on a high cliff above the sea. We stopped near Seahouses (a kitchy coastal town where everyone is on holiday) to spend the night and planned to take a boat trip the next morning to see the Farne Islands.
Walking along the coast to Dunstanburgh Castle (we did this walk too late in the day to get into the castle).
This lamb was enjoying his prime seaside grazing real estate with a view of the castle.
The castle overlooks high cliffs where the sea crashes on rocks. We saw birds swooping down to catch fish. The drop must have been more than 100 feet. Here Matt is standing at the edge looking down.Where we stayed at Seahouses.

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