Start of our holiday in Beadnell, Northumberland
Thinking of going abroad? There is a very good reason of course to stay at home, and that is the beautiful country that we live in. So, off to Northumberland, a place that always attracts. Beadnell, to be precise. We had a lovely cottage, shame about the road leading to it! As several days of this holiday were wet, very wet!, we found ourselves almost floating through large areas of this unmade road.
On the nearby beautiful beach was this seaweed left by the receding tide.
The foreshore just across the road was less inspiring being made up of rock and stones as above. However, just round the corner was miles of gorgeous beach, backed by sand dunes. Wonderful. A great base to explore the surrounding area.
Past history revealed near the harbour, as the old lime Kilns show. I believe the harbour is the only one on the east coast which faces west. Only a small one now though.
Another view of the magnificent beach and dunes as the tide receded. We walked along the Beadnell Bay beach until we reached a point called Miller`s Nick. A `Nick` is a local name for a gap, between two higher points, where water flows through. Beyond this point was a large area called Long Nanny, roped off for breeding Little Terns, .
We, however, climbed to the top of the dunes and walked back through the varied vegetation. Some of the things we saw are pictured below.
The beautiful Burnet Rose.
The Bloody Cranesbill
Spittle on a Yellow Rattle.
Small White butterfly
A great morning walk, before heading to Seahouses from where we were booked on a trip to the Farne islands, just off the coast.
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