Well I managed to get myself off to Northumbria and the Borders for a few days a couple of weeks ago and I've just finished sorting the pictures out so I thought I'd inflict a few of them on you.
I started at Howick, there are two interesting structures at Howick, one is the reconstruction of a Mesolithic dwelling that was based upon an archaeological discovery and shown on the Coast program a few years back.
The second is a bathing house built right at the edge of the sea in a stunning location overlooking the rocks. I would love to own that house.
Not far up the coast stands the remains of Dunstanburgh Castle, last time I was here there was scaffolding on the main aspect but it is this side I've always preferred anyway.
On the shoreline I found the carcase of a dead seal that was mostly rotted away but I managed to salvage a good set of canine teeth as materials for some living history project or other. Time will tell.
Bamburgh, further up the coast is a castle that I still haven't got my dream shot of yet, this was a good as I'd get this day so I moved on to Lindisfarne.
Lindisfarne is of course cut off from the mainland twice a day and I decided to stay on the island overnight because I wanted some shots around sunset and dawn when the tide was high.
The pre-dawn light was cool and a mist had risen overnight which was drifting slowly around.
As the sun rose the colours turned warmer and the mist thickened.
Around the harbour there are old herring boats that have been upturned and are used now as sheds to serve the small fleet of crab boats.
Stopping briefly at the Snook on the way off the island I headed up to the Borders for a new location I had not visited before.
At last able to camp properly on this trip I took in the view from St. Abb's Head.
I was aiming for a dawn shot of the lighthouse, but sunrise didn't set the world on fire.
So in the end, it was a picture taken from the harbour that turned out to be my favourite from this location.
I started at Howick, there are two interesting structures at Howick, one is the reconstruction of a Mesolithic dwelling that was based upon an archaeological discovery and shown on the Coast program a few years back.
The second is a bathing house built right at the edge of the sea in a stunning location overlooking the rocks. I would love to own that house.
Not far up the coast stands the remains of Dunstanburgh Castle, last time I was here there was scaffolding on the main aspect but it is this side I've always preferred anyway.
On the shoreline I found the carcase of a dead seal that was mostly rotted away but I managed to salvage a good set of canine teeth as materials for some living history project or other. Time will tell.
Bamburgh, further up the coast is a castle that I still haven't got my dream shot of yet, this was a good as I'd get this day so I moved on to Lindisfarne.
Lindisfarne is of course cut off from the mainland twice a day and I decided to stay on the island overnight because I wanted some shots around sunset and dawn when the tide was high.
The pre-dawn light was cool and a mist had risen overnight which was drifting slowly around.
As the sun rose the colours turned warmer and the mist thickened.
Around the harbour there are old herring boats that have been upturned and are used now as sheds to serve the small fleet of crab boats.
Stopping briefly at the Snook on the way off the island I headed up to the Borders for a new location I had not visited before.
At last able to camp properly on this trip I took in the view from St. Abb's Head.
I was aiming for a dawn shot of the lighthouse, but sunrise didn't set the world on fire.
So in the end, it was a picture taken from the harbour that turned out to be my favourite from this location.
