It's an area that is amazingly unique.
We left Berwick-Upon Tweed in the morning with a jam packed schedule. We had planned to go to the Scottish/English Border, The Holy Island and possibly lunch in Scotland, but that's all we had decided on.
First we found a little bee farm and a chain bridge built in 1820 -- that was still in use! Walking across it was scary as the whole thing moved when a car came across. One side was England and the other Scotland.
We found this mural in the bee farm, it was done up with lots of little cities on it...here is Berwick:
The Chain Bridge
One side:
I was hoping it was a little stronger than the sign said, we shared it more than once with a car or lorry.
A science experiment?
Once we came back we saw this sign: "Heritage at Risk" It would be a shame to lose this.
And on the other side of the bridge:
Just up the lane we found this: we were definitely in Northumberland. A VERY confusing accent, English and Scottish mix with it's own very unique vocabulary!
Pretty little lane back to the bee farm
One last look back at the chain bridge....before we drove over it!
We headed North toward the Scottish Border with the intent on getting this photo:
We got the extra bonus of this:
From here we went North to Burnmouth a teeny-tiny little seaside town with an amazing view--we couldn't resist to stop for a walk. We did a little beachcombing and found some sweet rocks and some sunshine.
And we found this sculpture.
Then we went off to Eyemouth. (sensing a pattern here?)
In Eyemouth we had some lunch and walked the harbour.
Found our next endeavour....we'll buy the Hip Hotel and run a B and B....
Lunch at Oblo, service wasn't great, not the most amazing lunch, but company was amazing!
We filled the holes in our tummy's with yummy gelato we found downstairs
Found where we should've stopped ...
Eyemouth Harbour
Railings were a little rusty...
So once we had lunched we went back towards the English border for more photo ops:
English Side....
Scottish Side....
Holding hands across the border!
From here we headed to the Holy Island.
I had heard about this amazing castle that is out on an Island and that you have to watch the tide tables to make sure you can make it there and back before high tide.
We traveled by car there and the road there was pretty amazing. The view was great too. The tide was out--and the beach went on forever!
What we didn't know was this: The Holy Island is a community. We parked outside in a large parking lot and walked into the community. What a great way to keep tourists coming, but not have so much traffic driving past your house!
Lindisfarne Castle.
Not sure what this is, but we saw it from Lindisfarne Castle.
This piper was pipping us in with a Hymn. It was beautiful!
On the Holy Island they had 3 different churches built on a single property, 2 were ruins, one was still in use. We found a youth choir and stayed to watch. They were amazing!
Lindisfarne Castle in the distance. Taken from Lindisfarne Priory
Heading off the Island because the tide table said we had to!
So back to Berwick we went to find the "walled city". It was tough to see that this city was completely walled at one time. It has a really great history too. The Scots and English fought over this city and it changed hands several times. Once English, then Scottish. At one point Both parties felt that they should not own it so it became it's own place....until the Russians arrived and it was placed under the English...and the Border is just above it.
There's a wall!
The City itself is really pretty.
The clock tower
The Main Street West
The Main Street East
One of the bridges through town
The train bridge through town
On top of the wall
The map...it was all confusing to find in the city...
And back to the Beautiful Rob Roy Inn for an amazing dinner and a restful nights sleep.
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