Coast and Country in Northumberland August 28
Two days after the return from the Tributaries walk we are having our usual Friday outing, but nowhere near so demanding. A coastal/country walk from High Newton by the Sea in Northumberland. There are six of us; Margaret, Brian, Dave, John H., John L. and me.
To reach High Newton take the A1 north, turn off just beyond Alnwick and wander through Christon Bank to the start. As you enter High Newton there is a car park on the right.
The walk is covered by OS Explorer 340 Holy Island and Bamburgh and it is advisable, especially the country section.
This week's car park. John L. booting up. (Yorkshire car park by the way)
We left the car park and walked past the village pub. At the fork in the road we took the left road a short distance to High Newton Farm where a footpath on the right led to St. Oswald's Way/ Northumberland Coast Path. We headed roughly north along the path, going through the car park at Newton Links House and continued to the wooden footbridge over the delightfully named stream, Long Nanny.
Long Nanny. hard to see but, as usual there are cormorants at the confluence, honest.
Once across the stream we walked down onto the beach. There were many people on the sands, or in the water, surfing, paddling and generally enjoying themselves which was surprising, it wasn't a very warm day.
We stayed on the beach until just before the harbour at Beadnell.
Beadnell Lime Kilns.
There is a gap in the dunes which leads through a car park, we turned left passing new houses and then right on a footpath that brought us to the Sea Salt cafe near the church. They were busy but managed to squeeze us in for coffee and scones.
At this point John L. left us because he had an early appointment and needed to be home much later than we planned.
Church by Sea Salt cafe.
Morning coffee over we walked a short distance down the road towards the beach before taking a footpath heading roughly north west which crossed the fields to Annstead Burn.
Belted Galoway.
From this point we followed the public footpath which is quite well marked but goes round fields to Burnfield Plantation and Swinhoe.
Crossing the road we sheltered behind the wall of South Farm for the day's Herbie; Cake bars, Skinny whips, Club bars, savoury buns and rhubarb cake, the last two from Mrs A.
Lunch over we continued crossing fields, one in particular being a struggle as its crop of Rape Seed had been cut leaving strong stalks about a foot high. hard on the trousers.
At Tughall Grange we chatted to a farmer who directed us towards Tughall. More fields waiting to be harvested meant some long detours round there edges but eventually we arrived at Tughall.
Tughall Grange horses
Even more field perimeters brought us to Brunton Burn where we turned south east then north east to cross the road at Newtonbarns.
From here it was a relatively short distance across fields back to the car park.
On the way home we called at the Cook and Barker at Newton on the Moor, very busy and with current restrictions we had to sit in the beer garden. It's a hard life.
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After the ups and downs of the Dales this was an easy walk but still came in at 11 miles.
Not many photos today
Two days after the return from the Tributaries walk we are having our usual Friday outing, but nowhere near so demanding. A coastal/country walk from High Newton by the Sea in Northumberland. There are six of us; Margaret, Brian, Dave, John H., John L. and me.
To reach High Newton take the A1 north, turn off just beyond Alnwick and wander through Christon Bank to the start. As you enter High Newton there is a car park on the right.
The walk is covered by OS Explorer 340 Holy Island and Bamburgh and it is advisable, especially the country section.
We left the car park and walked past the village pub. At the fork in the road we took the left road a short distance to High Newton Farm where a footpath on the right led to St. Oswald's Way/ Northumberland Coast Path. We headed roughly north along the path, going through the car park at Newton Links House and continued to the wooden footbridge over the delightfully named stream, Long Nanny.
Long Nanny. hard to see but, as usual there are cormorants at the confluence, honest.
Once across the stream we walked down onto the beach. There were many people on the sands, or in the water, surfing, paddling and generally enjoying themselves which was surprising, it wasn't a very warm day.
We stayed on the beach until just before the harbour at Beadnell.
There is a gap in the dunes which leads through a car park, we turned left passing new houses and then right on a footpath that brought us to the Sea Salt cafe near the church. They were busy but managed to squeeze us in for coffee and scones.
At this point John L. left us because he had an early appointment and needed to be home much later than we planned.
Morning coffee over we walked a short distance down the road towards the beach before taking a footpath heading roughly north west which crossed the fields to Annstead Burn.
From this point we followed the public footpath which is quite well marked but goes round fields to Burnfield Plantation and Swinhoe.
Crossing the road we sheltered behind the wall of South Farm for the day's Herbie; Cake bars, Skinny whips, Club bars, savoury buns and rhubarb cake, the last two from Mrs A.
Lunch over we continued crossing fields, one in particular being a struggle as its crop of Rape Seed had been cut leaving strong stalks about a foot high. hard on the trousers.
At Tughall Grange we chatted to a farmer who directed us towards Tughall. More fields waiting to be harvested meant some long detours round there edges but eventually we arrived at Tughall.
Even more field perimeters brought us to Brunton Burn where we turned south east then north east to cross the road at Newtonbarns.
From here it was a relatively short distance across fields back to the car park.
On the way home we called at the Cook and Barker at Newton on the Moor, very busy and with current restrictions we had to sit in the beer garden. It's a hard life.
After the ups and downs of the Dales this was an easy walk but still came in at 11 miles.
Not many photos today
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