After yesterday's exertions Jane was going to have a quiet day today, so David kindly took Dawn and I to Low Newton, just up the coast, so we could walk back.
This was another recommendation from the
Slow Travel guide to Northumberland, and the pub there was recommended by my crosswording friend David who has visited the area numerous times on golfing holidays.
The walk instructions are fairly simple... head for Dunstanburgh Castle and walk past it. We tacked on a little at the start of the walk having a loop past Newton Point before visiting The Ship Inn for lunch.
This was our route...
...which turned out to be a bit less than the 4 1/2 miles the book had said for the Low Newton to Craster stage.
Here are a few of my photos.
Our initial loop.
Looking south towards where we would be heading later.
Unfortunately the pub's internet connection was down so they couldn't take card payments. Fortunately I had a £20 note in my wallet.
The Ship Inn has its own
brewery on site. We enjoyed some Crazy Horses and White Horses beer, the Chickpea, chilli and red lentil soup and a ham and cheese toastie before heading on our way back to Craster along the beach.
It was quite blowy and we could see the sea getting rougher. No wonder the Farne Island boat trips would be cancelled today.
Eventually we had to come up off the sand and join the Coast Path.
Looking back along the sands of Embleton Bay.
We passed the golf course, where the golfers looked a little windswept.
Then we passed the castle.
We messaged David and suggested he come and meet us for the last stretch back to Craster. We looked out for him in the people still heading to the castle from Craster.
A lovely pub and a lovely walk with some spectacular views.
You can find more details of our 5.5 mile route
here on MapMyWalk (or download a GPX file
here) and see more of my photos
here on Flickr.
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