southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Northumberland May 2011 Day 7 The harder walk to Bamburgh

Holiday Photos Day 1 Day 2 easier walk Day 2 harder walk Day 3 easier walk Day 3 medium walk Day 3 harder walk Day 4 easier walk Day 4 harder walk Day 5 Alnwick Day 5 Cragside Day 5 Farne Islands Day 6 medium walk Day 6 harder walk Day 7 easier walk Day 7 medium walk >>Day 7 harder walk<< Last evening's entertainment
		Today our harder walk starts in Embleton where we soon find the coast with views of Dunstanburgh Castle .
		We head across the dunes .
		Turn you monitor upside down - get it? .
		A gaggle of geese .
		We pick up where we left off at Low Newton .
		And continue along the beach .
		The castle disappearing over the horizon .
		As we head north .
		Pausing at the Long Nanny Tern Colony .
		To watch the terns turn turning .
		Home for the National Trust wardens .
		A bridge takes over a small river estuary .
		And another beach .
		Brings us to Beadnell Harbour with its lime kilns .
		Tide's out .
		A Northumberland Coble but not the one that Miss Darling made her name in. (thanks Ray for the photo) .
		Fishing boat with lobster pots stacked up behind .
		We continue up the coast .
		Pausing in search of fossils in the cliffs .
		One eye on the storm clouds gathering behind us .
		The ever present sea birds .
		Including a couple of families of Eider ducks in Seahouses harbour .
		Out at sea we now have sightings of the Farne Islands .
		Inner Farne with its lighthouse standing out .
		This lot should make plenty of frogs legs one day - bit of garlic butter .
		Then our final destination, Banburgh Castle, the end of our walking in Nirthumberland .
Photos and captions from Richard