Day 3 Anniv. Weekend - Holy Island & Lindisfarne Castle, NE England

16th March 2008

Well everybody, this is our last day of our anniversary weekend that Ken so sweetly secretly planned for me. He's my hero.

This morning Ken got up and went for a walk around Alnmouth taking some photos, since we hadn't had time really to do that and it was always about dark when we get back from the day out. So he took pics while I got ready. When he got back in, we joined a few more people in the dining room for breakfast. We met a nice couple in the dining room so it was nice talking to them. They were going the same place we were that day, to Holy Island.

We left right after breakfast and headed to the beautiful village of Etal and then to another lovely village called Ford. The landlady at the B&B had told us about these places, so we took a drive there before heading on to Holy Island. Our favorite of the two was Etal, so pretty! There was the ruins of a castle right there in the village also, so we got some pics. Northumberland has more castles than any other county in England, they are everywhere!! LOL I want to go back up in that area just to find more castle ruins. haha!

Then it was time to drive on north a bit to Holy Island just off the coast a bit. We had to cross a causeway when the tide was out to get there so Ken had figured all that out. Recently a car had got caught in the tide coming back in so it had to stay there till the tide went back out again! The people were rescued tho, thank goodness. That certainly wouldn't be any fun, would it!?

When we got across the causeway and parked in the car park in the village of Lindisfarne on Holy Island, we started walking to Lindisfarne Castle which was probably a 2 mile round trip. The entire walk was beside the sea and just beautiful!!! It was chilly and windy but the sun was out most of the time. We were so fortunate as rain had been forecast.

Hope you enjoy our photos of this lovely journey. This turned out to be my favorite castle I have been inside, simply due to the fact that it is smaller and the rooms were small and cozy. I could definitely live there. haha! I took several pics inside the castle too, so hope you enjoy those.

After we got back to the village of Lindisfarne, we ate a yummy lunch in a cafe there and then walked around the village and took lots of pics of the parish church and the ancient Lindisfarne Priory. The priory was closed but we took pics from the outside. I didn't want to leave when it was time to head home. It had been such a lovely lovely weekend and I didn't want it to end. Blame me?

We do hope you'all enjoyed the long weekend with us. Northumberland is a beautiful county and we definitely plan to go back. I love the history!!!!

On the pics you can't see or read well, just click the individual pic and you will get a larger size, ok?

Janie & Ken

THE BROWNISH BUILDING IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND THE SAILBOAT IS THE B&B WHERE WE STAYED	ESTUARY AT ALNMOUTH, WHERE WE STAYED IN THE B&B	ESTUARY AT ALNMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND	VILLAGE OF ALNMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND
ALNMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND - WHERE WE STAYED IN THE B&B	ALNMOUTH	POST OFFICE & VILLAGE SHOP AT ALNMOUTH	BISTRO WHERE WE HAD OUR ANNIVERSARY MEAL
ESTUARY AT ALNMOUTH	VIEW OF OLD CROSS ON THAT HILL AT ALNMOUTH (PARISH CHURCH YEARS AGO USED TO BE UP THERE - A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE WATER DIDN'T COME UP SO FAR)	KEN GETTING READY TO EAT BREAKFAST	KEN WAITING ON OUR BREAKFAST
VILLAGE OF ETAL	ETAL	ETAL CASTLE	ETAL CASTLE
ETAL	SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL THING AT VILLAGE OF ETAL	NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF SHEEP THIS IS??? ANYONE KNOW???	FORD PARISH CHURCH
VILLAGE OF FORD	WAS ONCE A SCHOOL IN FORD - SEPARATE ENTRANCES FOR BOYS & GIRLS	POST OFFICE & VILLAGE SHOP AT FORD VILLAGE	VILLAGE OF FORD
JUST CAME ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY TO HOLY ISLAND	STARTING OUR WALK TO LINDISFARNE CASTLE - ABOUT 2 MILES ROUND TRIP	WALKING TO LINDISFARNE CASTLE ON HOLY ISLAND	LINDISFARNE CASTLE IN DISTANCE
ONE OF MY FAVE PHOTOS ON OUR WALK TO THE CASTLE - JUST THE WAY THE SUN CAUGHT IT	WALKING TO LINDISFARNE CASTLE	KEN WALKING ON THE ROCKS BY THE SEA ON THE WAY TO THE CASTLE	LINDISFARNE CASTLE
KEN & JANIE ON THE WAY TO THE CASTLE		LINDISFARNE CASTLE	CASTLE KITCHEN
IN THE CASTLE KITCHEN	ROOM INSIDE THE CASTLE	INSIDE THE CASTLE	DINING ROOM IN THE CASTLE
VIEW FROM INSIDE THE CASTLE	IN THE CASTLE	ROOM IN THE CASTLE	KEN LOOKING AT HOME IN THE CASTLE! LOL
BEDROOM IN THE CASTLE	BEDROOM IN THE CASTLE	BEDROOM IN THE CASTLE	BEDROOM IN THE CASTLE
LINDISFARNE CASTLE	LINDISFARNE CASTLE	VIEW OF LINDISFARNE VILLAGE FROM CASTLE	ROOM INSIDE CASTLE
VIEW ON TOP OF CASTLE FROM DOORWAY	JANIE & KEN ON TOP OF LINDISFARNE CASTLE	ROOM INSIDE CASTLE	ROOM INSIDE CASTLE
INSIDE CASTLE	HALL NEAR THE ENTRANCE	LITTLE BEAUTY ON OUR WALK BACK FROM CASTLE
BACK AT THE VILLAGE FROM THE CASTLE	VILLAGE OF LINDISFARNE, NORTHUMBERLAND	CAFE WHERE WE ATE LUNCH IN LINDISFARNE	KEN HAD A CRAB SANDWICH & JANIE A TOMATO, MOZERELLA & PESTO SANDWICH
FOR DESSERT, KEN HAD A SCONE WITH JAM & CREAM	JANIE'S CARROT CAKE	CHURCH ON HOLY ISLAND	INSIDE ANCIENT CHURCH
INSIDE THE CHURCH	IN THE CHURCH	IN THE CHURCH
PRIORY RUINS	PRIORY	ZOOMED IN VIEW FROM THE PRIORY GROUNDS OF LINDISFARNE CASTLE	VIEW OF THE PRIORY & CASTLE IN DISTANCE
KEN & JANIE & ST. CUTHBERT	STATUE OF ST. CUTHBERT, THE MOST FAMOUS HOLY MAN OF THE PRIORY	LINDISFARNE PRIORY	VILLAGE OF LINDISFARNE
HOTEL IN LINDISFARNE VILLAGE	BACK AT THE CAR PARK "TOILETS" - A NECESSARY STOP BEFORE HITTING THE ROAD BACK HOME TO MOSSLEY