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North of England Tour

4th to 11th June 2016

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Part 5 - Seahouses & Farne Island Seals

Farne Islands Map 


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Part 1 - Keswick - Boat ride, Aira Force, Castlerigg & General
Part 2 - Keswick - Helvellyn via Striding Edge
Part 3 - Keswick - Blencathra
Part 4 - Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall
Part 5 - Seahouses & Farne Island Seals
Part 6 - Farne Islands - Terns & General
Part 7 - Farne Islands - Puffins & Shags
Part 8 - Lindisfarne - General & Castle
Part 9 - Lindisfarne Priory











 
Seahouses
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Benches overlooking the harbour...
 
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Eider Ducks and their chicks taking up a rough outline of England, Scotland & Wales...

Seahouses 1



Female Eider Ducks...

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Farne Islands viewed from Seahouses...

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Miche while we wait for our boat...

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Bamburgh Castle in the haze as seen from Seahouses...

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Twitchers in the harbour...


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Male Eider Duck...


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Shrimp in a small rock pool...


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Olde Ship Inn

 We stayed at the Olde Ship Inn... for reasons that will become apparent


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View from the room...


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The room...


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Lobster in the Ship Inn's restaurant...


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The Olde Ship Inn's bar, full of nautical nic-nackery...


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and how could I resist this...


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Farne Islands

We took an excellent trip on Serenity II to tour the Farne Islands and visit Inner Farne.

Iolo Williams and the BBC Springwatch team returning to Seahouses harbour from a morning filming on the islands...


Iolo



Home to a colony of Grey Seals...


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Full Index of links
Part 1 - Keswick - Boat ride, Aira Force, Castlerigg & General
Part 2 - Keswick - Helvellyn via Striding Edge
Part 3 - Keswick - Blencathra
Part 4 - Housesteads Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall
Part 5 - Seahouses & Farne Island Seals
Part 6 - Farne Islands - Terns & General
Part 7 - Farne Islands - Puffins & Shags
Part 8 - Lindisfarne - General & Castle
Part 9 - Lindisfarne Priory