Autumn in Yorkshire seems to be set in now. Day after day of dark, damp, dreary weather. The heating is now on full time now, guess it will be till 2025.

But then out of nowhere, an unexpected weather gift. The Day Forecast was really poor and the morning brought rain, lots of rain. But without warning the clouds parted. The first sight of The Sun in days.

Got to seize these gifts.

Three hours later we found ourselves 100 miles north, on a beach in Northumberland. With Cloudless skies and a Castle on the beach.

Bamburgh Castle, a setting for many a movie and tv show. It’s something like 1400 years old but unusually for round here, it’s not a ruin. Stately Home, Museum, Luxury Hotel, Wedding Venue. Definitely worth a visit, but with one piece of warning. Don’t bother bringing a bucket and spade to build your own sandcastle. It’s the finest sand ever, like walking in a Desert. Sand gets everywhere and I mean everywhere….. but it will not hold together. Definitely only one castle here.

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  9. 1) Nice atmospheric photo. 2) No comment {{{giggle}}}. 3) Looks like Poppit Sands, did you look for creatures in the pools? 4) We got one of them in Laugharne. 5) We have one of those called Carreg Cennen.

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  13. Hi there,

    I can totally relate to the challenge of building a sandcastle with that kind of sand. It reminds me of the time when I tried to build a sandcastle on a beach with similar sand. It was quite the adventure!

    On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 at 22:12, A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a sing

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