We travelled up on Friday 22nd and stopped for lunch at the Northumberland Arms in Felton, just off the A1 and beside the River Coquet. The filling lunch of good food meant we needed a walk by the river before we set off again. Found the old bridge and Sonia saw a Kingfisher.
We eventually reached the cottage and unpacked. It was the small section on the end of the old lifeboat station.
On the Saturday morning, as the tide was out we went for a walk on the sand and mudflats of the estuary and took some pictures.
After this we walked the walls and out to the lighthouse.
Sunday was a wet and misty day. This meant we had to take it easy, sitting around with the papers and watching the swans in the mist. We visited a farmers market in the morning before the rain started and stocked up on those holiday essentials like dry cured bacon, free range eggs, honey and home made biscuits as well as the practical stuff - carrots and potatos with the dirt still on them.
Monday was misty so we took the train to Edinburgh for the day. Heading towards the Scottish Parliament, we called into an old cemetary to see the memorial for David Hume and a statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Next stop was the Scottish Parliament to use their coffee shop.
We then walked the Royal Mile towards the Castle, stopping off at the Museum of Childhood to buy myself an old fashioned gyroscope and Sonia a Miffy keyring. Lunch was the traditional haggis neeps and tatties in a pub. As we left, I looked out of the back door into a very ornate alleyway.
After lunch we visited the Camera Obscura by the Castle. As this was based at the top of the building and we had to wait a few minutes before the show, I took some photos.
I can recommend the exhibition but Sonia was not happy with the giant spider hologram.
From there we wandered down some steps and came across a very nice shop: Demijohn, a liquid deli that sold us a couple of bottles of ginger wine and sloe gin. We did some more shopping and wandering, stopping off in one of the National Galleries for afternoon tea, and came across Coda records on Bank Street who describe themselves as a modern music store with a folky vibe. We wandered around the store and ended up £60 poorer, but with several CDs that we'd been after for a while. We eventually headed back to Berwick and dropped in to the Magna tandoori restaurant for our dinner. It was very quiet as we were there just after 6 pm but the food was very very good, not over spiced and decent portions.
Well that's taken us up to Monday evening. I'll write up the rest of the week later.
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