Monday 21 June: Bamburgh, Seahouses and Fish & Chips

 We wake to the sound of light rain on the roof but it doesn’t come to much and we are able to pack up pretty much in the dry. It’s a bit cloudy and overcast as we head off to Bamburgh stopping for a few provisions on the way. We park beneath the imposing castle and head up the hill to the Grace Darling museum. A charming (and free!) museum with memorabilia and artefacts commemorating the story of Grace Darling who was made a reluctant Victorian heroine after she and her father rescued some shipwrecked survivors from the rocks off the Farne Islands. We decide to admire the Castle from the outside and then start walking along the beach to Seahouses. Again it is very high tide and it is hard going in the soft sand. It’s still a bit chilly when we arrive so we decide to have our fish and chips inside! The best in the UK of course! Battered with great chips and served with a slice of Mother’s Pride white bread, butter and a pot of tea. Bliss! Tummies full we head back but now the skies are blue and the bay is seen in all its glory as we enjoy walking on harder sand. Turquoise sea and rolling waves with the sun shining on the Farne Islands. We then head off to Beal and find our site on a farm just before the causeway to Lindisfarne (Holy Island). Concrete standing so no need for chocks today (and no arguments on arrival about pitching configuration which is a first!) It’s a beautiful evening so we cycle down to the causeway to get our bearings for tomorrow. It is stunning. Drinking chilled Rosé with a view of the North Sea. Second bliss of the day!