Tag Archives: Northumberland

261. Berwick-upon-Tweed to Burnmouth

Posted on October 1, 2019 by jcombe

February 2010 This walk marks a milestone in that I will cross the border from England into Scotland having now both walked (and written up) my walks along all the coast from the southern England/Wales border anti-clockwise around most of … Continue reading →

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260. Berwick-upon-Tweed to Holy Island

Posted on September 24, 2019 by jcombe

May 2008 This walk is the last one wholly along the east coast of England, as on the next walk I have to write up I will have crossed into Scotland. As has often been the case, I was doing … Continue reading →

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259. Holy Island (Lindisfarne)

Posted on September 18, 2019 by jcombe

May 2012 At the end of the last walk I wrote up I had walked south from the start of the causeway to Holy Island (also known as Lindisfarne). This time I was crossing the causeway to make a visit … Continue reading →

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258. Beal to Budle Bay (and on to Bamburgh)

Posted on September 9, 2019 by jcombe

July 2015 For this walk I was staying at the Newcastle Airport Premier Inn on a “gap filling” trip to do the various parts of the Northumberland coast I had not previously done as day trips from home. For my … Continue reading →

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257. Bamburgh to Budle Bay (Bamburgh Circular)

Posted on September 4, 2019 by jcombe

July 2015 This was the second day of a 4-day trip to complete the coast of Northumberland. I had visited Staple Island in the morning and had intended to visit Longstone Island in the afternoon. However as I wrote up … Continue reading →

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256. Bamburgh Castle & Bamburgh to Seahouses

Posted on August 28, 2019 by jcombe

April 2014 Having visited all the Farne Islands it was possible to visit it was time to continue actually walking the coast. The boats to the Farne Islands depart from Seahouses and the next town along the coast north from … Continue reading →

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255. Longstone Island

Posted on August 21, 2019 by jcombe

September 2018 The last of the Farne Islands that it is possible to visit and requires a boat to get to that I hadn’t yet visited was Longstone Island. My last attempt to get there was thwarted by the boat … Continue reading →

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254. Staple Island and the Outer Farne Islands

Posted on August 14, 2019 by jcombe

July 2015 Well there wasn’t really much walking involved on this “walk” it was more a nice boat trip and a wildlife watch! Today I had planned to visit the remaining 2 of the Farne Islands that I had not … Continue reading →

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253. Inner Farne and the Farne Islands

Posted on August 4, 2019 by jcombe

October 2014 One thing that has been a common theme on my coastal walk is saying I am not going to go to visit all the islands and then going to visit all the islands I pass. Today is no … Continue reading →

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252. Seahouses to Craster

Posted on July 29, 2019 by jcombe

October 2014 This section of the coast is one of the best parts of the Northumberland coast with some beautiful beaches and castles on the way. This was the 2nd day of a 3 day trip to the Northumberland coast. … Continue reading →

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