North of England Tour

4th to 11th June 2016

Part 8 - Lindisfarne General & Castle

Lindisfarne Shield

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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

After leaving Seahouses, we drove up the coast and having checked the tide timetables, we crossed the Causeway to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne...

The start of the Causeway...

Causeway 1

Nearly halfway across...

Causeway 2

Lindisfarne Castle...

Castle 1

Castle 2

At the gate...

Castle 3

Model ship inside one of the reception rooms...

Castle 4

Miche & a portcullis...

Castle 5

Navigation aids viewed from the Castle...

Castle 6

Panorama from the Castle...

Castle 7

Castle 8

Remains of the long disused old harbour...

General 1

General 2

Castle through a hole in a wall...

General 3

New harbour...

General 4

Mind the edge...

General 5

Those navigation aids again...

General 6

Castle from across the harbour...

General 7

Nothing is wasted, when a boat is no good as a boat anymore, its hull is turned upside down and used as a storage shed...

General 8

General 9

Dinner - I had to try the house specialty - Haddock, Bacon & Banana...

General 10

Next stop - Part 9 - Lindisfarne Priory

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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