Ken

Newbiggin-by-the Sea (Church Point) – Beacon Point – King Charles III English Coastal Path – Cresswell Home Farm – Ellington – Ellington Dene – South of Lynemouth – Lynefield House – Power Station – Newbiggin Moor – Newbiggin .

Overcast but relatively mild.

Ken, Bernie, George.

Michelle and Michael - car trouble

Richard and Diane - off on a cruise to Norway

Sandy and Ron - in Birmingham

Comments

A fairly flat walk of just over nine miles. The going was mainly firm with some muddy patches. It was well-navigated.

The start at Newbiggin-by-the-sea was busy due to the arrival of a funeral cortege, led by a horse-drawn Brewer’s Dray serving as a hearse.

We passed the old aluminium work. The route goes through quite a bit a derelict industrial land.

There were some expensive homes in Ellington. We had lunch in the woods of Ellington Dene. Coming out of the woods we passed very close to a wind turbine, from which the noise was annoying.

There were kids on noisy motorbikes on Newbiggin Moor.

Everyone we met was friendly.

Fauna and flora: several mallard ducks, heron, wren, skylark, blackbird, bluetits, cormorants on the rocks. Shaggy ponies in field.

New Rendezvous in Ponteland. Joined by Evelyn and Dorothy. Not as good as in our previous visits - maybe we just made some poor choices.

Walkers at Lynemouth Bay

Walkers en route

At the Signpost

Into the Woods