Pic: Yours truly, at coffee break....
Well here it is at last. Today I reached the Scottish border at Berwick upon Tweed, right in the top right hand corner of England. I left Seahouses early--about 6.30am knowing that it would be a long walk into Berwick. And my expectations were correct, with the last few painful miles being completed on a narrow footpath along-side the A1. Earlier, I had been well rewarded with the most magnificent coastal scenery since the start of this walk. Passed a majestic castle...Bamburgh, high sand dunes, wide sandy and totally deserted beaches, crashing ocean rollers onto craggy rocks, medieval villages, (Belford) and proximity to the Pennine chain that still carry streaks of snow and off shore islands (Lindisfarne). To top this off, the setting of Berwick at the mouth of the River Tweed is itself as magnificent as its history. The town is protected by a high wall that bears witness to the fact that it was at the very heart of the savage Anglo-Scottish wars for more than 200 years. Apparently Berwick has moved from England to Scotland 10 times, and been a divided city 4 times in its history and only became an official part of England by Act of Parliament in 1927.
Never having visited Northumberland I can state that it is at the top of my list of regions to revisit. The only down side being the rather brutal cold wind that seems to blow in continuously from the North Sea.
29.3 kms. walked today per pedometer. Cumulative Kms. covered: 1397.1
Hours of walking today including rest stops: 8.0
Type of accommodation: Miranda's Guest House
Cost of bed & breakfast: pounds. 30.00, no breakfast.
Please go to Flickr.com (traveller6666) to view pics of the walk.
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