Northumbria

10 05 2007

CNV00023, originally uploaded by joyoung81.

I meant to write many moons ago about our Easter holiday to Northumbria. We stayed at a beautiful bed and breakfast guesthouse near Lindisfarne and spent 3 days exploring the coastline there. We walked from Craster to Dunstanburgh Castle and the beach, visited Lindisfarne Priory and said Evening Prayer in the parish church of Holy Island. We visited Berwick and walked the town walls in L.S.Lowry’s footsteps. We braved the sea mist and rain to visit the Scottish coast. We went to Alnwick Gardens, relaxed in glorious sunshine and visited the largest secondhand book store in the country, housed in a former railway station. The North East of England is a gorgeous place to visit. I cannot wait to live closer.

Most of all, holiday is time to refresh yourselves and step away from the routine of the everyday. I love holidays and intend to make them a priority especially now Dave is entering a profession where taking leave is a hard thing to do.