In October, we did a day trip to Holy Island and Bamburgh, on the Northumberland Coast - it was about 1.5 hours north of Durham. These were some of our favorite places, and we took a lot of photos! Unfortunately, the Lindisfarne Castle was closed for renovations, but we loved exploring the area. It was a really windy day, but that ended up being one of the kids favorite things - playing in the wind. Despite the wind, it was a gorgeous day.
Holy Island is a tidal island, so access to the causeway is covered by the sea twice a day. You have to pay attention to when the tide comes in so you don't get stuck on the island.
The kids added their own rock piles to the existing ones - there are lots of rock piles in this one area of the island.
The picture of Nathan and Jared below is Lindisfarne Priory.
A little bit south of Holy Island is Bamburgh, which was one of our favorite castles. It's on the coast, so the beach is right there. I think the kids felt at home when they got to play on the beach.
That second picture below was in one of the rooms - we had to snap a photo of it because the boys recognized the picture from their Splendor game. I think that's Henry VIII.
Still windy - gotta love the windblown look...
The walk down to the beach had a sandy hill that the kids loved running and rolling down.
I think the first picture below captures how the kids felt about being on the beach...
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