To Holy Island

As we had had a long day yesterday, we decided to take a taxi to Fenwick from Wooler. From there we walked to the causeway linking the mainland to Lindisfarne (Holy Island). We crossed the high speed rail line and had to call to make sure it was ok to cross, as trains come through quite often. The Pilgrims’ Way is a walk barefoot across the tidal sands for 4 km and follows a line of stakes. We did this instead of walking on the causeway with cars. We timed it so that we were on an ebbing tide and at the safe tide level. Most of the walk was in water though, but not deep. Once we got to Holy Island we headed to St. Cuthbert’s coffee shop and had coffee and lunch. Then we wandered around the island, to the castle and lookout. After that we checked into our B&B ( the Manor House).Read more