Having checked the tides, today we headed to Lindisfarne, a centre of Christianity since 635 AD. Blessed with another beautiful day, we explored the area around the village, the monastery ruins, the castle, the lime kilns, other ancient ruins, the harbour and the beach.
We were lucky to see 3 seals just offshore, two were indulging in a bit of hanky-panky according to a local.
Seal Fact: Grey seals are pregnant for 11.5 months, in the Farne Islands pups are usually born from November into December. Down in the Scillies and Cornwall pupping begins in August and September, the timing gets progressively later as you move clockwise around the U.K.
On the beach, there were numerous stone cairns, so I set the master of balance the task of building a cairn…
We boosted the Lindisfarne economy by buying 2 dressed crabs, bread, local honey, scones and a cake, which would be breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We left Lindisfarne and headed for Berwick upon Tweed, where we walked the ancient City walls and spotted our first Bear, hopeful that it signified a pub, we were disappointed to find it was closed.
Moving swiftly on from Berwick, we headed across the border to a Campsite at Paxton House in the Scottish Borders. The site was small, set in an old walled garden, but the main attraction was the Hielan Coos. Luckily we had an apple and with Charlie’s cow whispering skills we enticed a small herd of youngsters to come and say hello.
This youngster with an impressive set of horns was whole lot friendlier than the bull I encountered in India, just before embarking on my charity cycle through Rajasthan. The Indian one attempted to gore me, ripped a hole in my blouse, luckily he only bruised and grazed my side otherwise it would have been time in an Indian hospital!
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