We were met off the train by Charlotte & Paul
... who took our official "Start-of-walk" photo.
The tidal River Aln, just outside Alnmouth
.. and the road bridge
Colourful houses in Alnmouth
View from our lunch spot, Day 1
Onto the beach for the first time ...
Birdy sculpture - just beyond Boulmer
A good example of agricultural recycling !
Howdiemont Sands
Footbridge, Howdiemont Sands
Approaching Sugar Sands
Foot (and cycle !) bridge, Sugar Sands
Cullernose Point ?
Craster - kipper country !!
Approaching Dunstanburgh Castle
Saddle Rocks, Dunstanburgh Castle
Looking back to the castle from Embleton beach
Day 2 - back to the beach ...
...
Low Newton By-The-Sea
Looking back from Newton Point
Beadnell
Low cliffs, Sunderland Point
Seahouses comes into view
shrine ?, Seahouses Harbour
Leaving Seahouses - a first view of Bamburgh Cstle
Steve admires the Farne Islands
... which look quite close with a big zoom lens ...
Monks House, Bamburgh Beach
A stop for wine (gums !) and a view of the Farne Islands
Sun, sea and sand. Bamburgh Beach.
Bamburgh Castle
How quaint - croquet by the Castle
High Street, Bamburgh
The Mizen Head, Bamburgh. A 'must do' restaurant if you like seafood.
Our room, The Mizen Head
Day 3. A quick visit to St Aidan's Church ...
... to see Bamburgh's famous daughter, Grace Darling.
Leaving Bamburgh ...
... well and truly behind ...
Lovely views ...
"Follow the wide grassy track " ...
Waren Burn
Path through woodland
Lunch stop. Ford and footbridge, Quarry Plantation
Wild and windy moorland
Oh-oh ... a steep climb ahead !! Beyond Fowberry Tower
Descent from Weetwood Moor. Just checking directions ...
Millyard House, Wooler - great B&B.
Marshy ground just above Wooler
... and the path beyond
RED squirrel country !
Entering the National Park at Skirl Naked
Long road walk along the valley of Harthorpe Burn
Harthorpe Burn at Langlee Farm
Langlee Crags ahead ...
View from grouse butt, up on the moors
Leaving Threestoneburn Wood
Monotone "small plantation" , The Dod
More wide, open hillside
.. and more ...
River Breamish, heading for Ingram
Our bedroom, Ingram House
Day 5. Heading back to "The Way" ...
Greensidehill Farm - where we left off yesterday
Good job we packed the waterproofs !
River Breamish, Alnhammoor
Old sheepfold, just beyond Alnhammoor Farm
"Continue along the clear grassy path ... as it gradually bears away from Shank Burn ... "
"... climbing up across the grasy hillside (waymarkers) .."
Whoops ! Not lost, 'Exploring' !
Salter's Road ("grassy track" ??)
"Follow the path through the forest to quickly emerge out onto a field"
"... an indistinct narrow path (waymarkers) across grassy moorland ..."
Day 5 lunch stop ...
... Hogdonlaw Syke
Open views above Biddlestone
Biddlestone Chapel
.. and again
Day 6. Leaving Alwinton
Looking back
Old lime kilns, Low Alwinton
Typical green lane section
River Coquet, Harbottle ...
... and the footbridge over it
Forest clearance, North Wood
River Coquet is somewhat bigger now ...
Any ideas ? Answers on a postcard, please !
Panorama of the Coquet valley, near Hepple Whitefield
Another footbridge over the Coquet, Thropton
Panorama from Physic Lane above Thropton
A final "wine gum" stop ...
... before we finally reach Rothbury
Our room for the night ...
...
... at The Coquetvale Hotel
Day 7. Into the woodland with lots of wild garlic
No, Carolyn, it's too early for an overnight stop
No, still too early ...
... despite the excellent facilities !
Waymarker
Road bridge at Pauperhaugh
Idylic pastoral views today
Much more difficult to get lost today !
Still following the Coquet
Quiet woodland section
... until passing under the A1
St Michael's Church, Felton
" ... continue diagonally across the field along a clear narrow path ..."
Steev making friends
Cottages, Guyzance
Another "wide grassy track"
Finally, on the last stretch of a long day
Nearly there. The castle comes into view ...
Warkworth Castle
Day 8. Leaving Warkworth
The locals are out fishing
Looking back from the bridge
Returning to the coast
Lots of flora on the coastal path
Alnmouth in the distance
The final approach to Alnmouth