On Thursday the 30th August 2018 after a day out in Berwick and Edinburgh, we decided a quick visit to Seahouses was on the cards before we returned to the campsite in Budle bay.
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| View to Farne Islands |
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| The Rescue Statue |
We parked up and had a couple of shops to visit to buy gifts and George wanted a bodyboard.
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| Found that 1966 mini ice-cream van again. |
We had a look about the fishing harbour and where you can have day trips to the Farne Islands. Wanted to visit the Farne Islands but apparently all the puffins would have disappeared this late in the season. I'll have to visit again one day!
Seahouses attracts many visitors, mainly from the north east area. However national and international tourists often come to Seahouses whilst visiting the Northumberland National Park, Northumberland Coast and the Farne Islands. Seahouses also has a working fishing port, which also serves the tourist trade, being the embarkation point for visits to the Farne Islands. From shops in the town and booths along the harbour, several boat companies operate, offering various packages which may include inter alia landing on at least one Farne, seeing seals and seabirds, and hearing a commentary on the islands and the Grace Darling story or scuba diving on the many Farnes Islands wrecks. Grace Darling's brother is buried in the cemetery at North Sunderland. He died in 1903, aged 84. The current Seahouses lifeboat bears the name Grace Darling.
The Seahouses Festival is an annual cultural event which began in 1999 as a small sea shanty festival. After a significant European funding grant from the Leader+ programme, in 2005, it has grown into a more broadly based cultural celebration.
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| Bamburgh Castle in the distance |
So after buying some gifts, found George a body-board and had some chips we head down to St Aidan's Dunes just up the road.
Water was a little chilly for George, but I found it just right. Gorgeous beaches here!
So after some time having fun in the water we head back to camp... going home the next day. A short stay but Northumberland is just amazing. I need to return soon!
