So…our latest weekend away was in the Scottish Borders, in the North East. We visited Kelso to see Eddi Reader in concert at the Tait Hall, (she was fantastic!) but we stayed in Eyemouth, on the coast. We had a lovely walk at St Abbs Head to see the nesting sea birds on the cliffs and stacks, had a brief visit to Berwick on Tweed and a trip across the tidal causeway to Lindisfarne, after a 45 minute wait to clear a van that had got stuck on the crossing. On our way back we stopped off at Seahouses and discovered Northumberlandia, reclaimed land from a former coal mine now the World’s largest human landform sculpture designed by Charles Jencks.
Kelso Abbey.
Wabbit!
The River Tweed with Floors Castle in the distance.
Kelso Town Hall and square.
She was 'perfect'!
Eyemouth Beach.
Eyemouth Harbour.
Moody Eyemouth.
St Abbs...
Thrift.
St Abbs Head Lighthouse...
Guillemots.
Gannets.
Razorbill.
Kittiwakes.
Guillemots.
Fulmar.
Blooming Heather.
Wild Mountain Thyme.
Back to St Abbs.
Berwick on Tweed...
I didn't know it was a walled town.
Lindisfarne...
Lindisfarne Abbey...
St Aiden.
Grey Seal haulout.
St Cuthbert's Island.
Lindisfarne Castle...
Looking across to Bamburgh.
Bamburgh Castle.
The Longstone Light house on the Farne Islands.
The Farne Islands.
Inner Farne...
At Lindisfarne Castle...they wouldn't let him in.
The Gertrude Jekyll Garden...
Pretty Cottage.
Seahouses Harbour.
Inner Farne.
The Longstone Lighthouse of Grace Darling fame.
Banksy?
Northumberlandia...
Orchid.