Our final day (3 April) we went to the visitor centre and the Lindisfarne Priory museum, then took a taxi back to Berwick-upon-Tweed to catch the train. It was a blustery, windy day.
Headed Home
Tag: Holy Island
Love Birds
Out to Sea
Lime Kilns
Follow the Emerald Road
White Pyramid
“This striking structure, built between 1801 and 1810 by Trinity House, is one of the earliest daymarks built in Britain (possibly the earliest one). A daymark is a navigational aid for shipping, and this one stands 35 feet high.” more…
North Shore
Once down to the beach we ran across all manner of things. Click any image below to see larger.
Shore
From atop the dunes we climbed down to the shore.
Sand Dunes
Next, we walked a trail among the sand dunes and the grasses at the north and west of the island, as the fog lifted and the day brightened. Click any of the pictures below to see them larger.
Who will secure the White House?
Seaweed
Clambering down from the Heugh we walked the rocky shore and I shot some seaweed still lifes.
From the Heugh
Next we wandered up to the Heugh, a rocky ledge that may hold the foundations of the earliest church on the site (7th century). The panorama below is a gigantic file, stitched together from 14 separate shots. If you enlarge it you can see incredible detail throughout.
Lindisfarne
Walking back from the boats and lobster pots we viewed the ruins of Lindisfarne a short way off. Click either picture below to see them larger.
Down by the Sea
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Foggy Morning Breakfast
Sitting at breakfast in the hotel that morning we looked out on a foggy scene. Then went out and took pictures (below) before the fog had cleared. Click on any of them to see larger.
The Long View
Flight
Oh, Deer
Dune
The next day (Tuesday, 2nd April) we set off on a round-the-island walk, starting with the sand dunes and their grasses.
Dry Salvages
…The pools where it offers to our curiosity
The more delicate algae and the sea anemone.
It tosses up our losses, the torn seine…
– from T S Eliot’s Four Quartets (The Dry Salvages).