Beachcombing

Northumberland break 5

There were a few places on my 'must see' list for Northumberland. One was Holy Island and one was Spittal beach. They are both up the northern end of the coast and unfortunately both required low tide - Holy Island to access the tidal causeway and Spittal to uncover the rocks... so they were mutually exclusive, in practice. 😞  I went to both anyway! 

Spittal beach is on the southern edge of the town of Berwick on Tweed, a long beach of dark sand with rocks and boulders at its southern point. The sandstone rocks are wonderfully weathered and striated, good for taking intimate, abstract-y, close-up shots. When I arrived the weather was stormy and raining, with some amazing clouds, so that alone was worth a few photos. So dramatic!

I did find a few quite pleasing little detail shots but the main areas of rock were still submerged. 

Someone else had spent quite a time building a cairn from the flat stones.