The story so far.
- On 27th April we journeyed by bus and taxi to Ellington where we overnighted at The Plough Inn.
- On 28th April we walked from Ellington to Cresswell and thence up the coast to Warkworth where we overnighted at Aulden B & B.
- On 29th April we walked from Warkworth to Craster and overnighted at The Cottage Inn, Dunstan.
- On 30th April we walked from Craster (Dunstan) to Seahouses and overnighted at the Malabar B & B.
On these three days of walking there was heavy sea mist so the availability of viewable scenery was very low.
- On 1st May when we got up it was very cold and raining so we took a bus to Bamburgh, and after hanging around there for a while we took another bus to Belford where we overnighted at The Old Vicarage.
- On 2nd May it was fine and sunny for our walk through farmland and forest to Fenwick where we overnighted at Aidanfield B & B.
- On 3rd May we started off from Fenwick to walk to Berwick-on-Tweed.
The day started off cold with frost on the lawn at our B & B but nice and sunny. Leaving there we had to cross the A1 (carefully) and then down through farm lanes and farmland before crossing the main railway line. At pedestrian railway crossings they have a phone where you have to ring a signal station to check that it is Ok to cross - good idea.
A bit further after the railway line crossing we came to the start of the causeway over to Holy Island. We cam across a woman that we had met in The White Swan Hotel, Lowick while having dinner the night before. (Aside: Since there is nowhere to eat in Fenwick, and probably other places around, the hotel at Lowick operates a by request pick and drop off service for people who want to dine there - quite a novel and innovative idea.)
Anyway, the woman walker that we met up with was resting her blisters before making her way to Holy Island to spend the night there.
From the causeway the route follows the coast behind dunes and alongside a golf course. The path is also part of the National Cycle Network so we saw lots of cyclists along the way. One pair of cyclists we saw a couple of times and then, as we had just entered Berwick looking for our Hotel, we met them again and had quite a good chat with them.
The last part of the walk took us through Spittal on the south bank of The Tweed river before crossing the old, one-way, bridge to the old town. We were very pleased to get to the Queens Head Hotel where our bags were waiting for us in our room.
(it turned out that's our hotel was just around the corner from where we were talking to the two cyclists - very handy.)
