Thursday 25th July 2024
England Coast path Berwick-upon-Tweed
Distance 18:25 Miles
Time 6:10
Elevation Gain 586 Feet
Total days walking 67 (excluding the swcp)
Total mileage 1487.41 (including the swcp)
Our plan was to walk to Berwick-upon-Tweed & either stay over & get a bus back to the car & drive home or catch a bus to the car & drive home. As you can see from the previous post neither of these happened. We stayed over & we did get transport but a train to Alnmouth station followed by a bus the X28 to Newbiggin-by-The-Sea. This obviously took time & we had looked at the map & thought we could walk to Amble in the time available to us with a night in Amble & a short walk back to the car & drive home.
This also didn't happen. We got off the bus about two miles shy of Newbiggin-By-The-Sea as access to the path was closer & easier. A short walk from the bus to the path & we start strava then have a coffee form old faithful green flask & a snack We start walking at about 11.50 Its another hot day & the path winds its way along beside a road past an industrial area, there is a lot of cliff erosion which is why the path has been moved t the roadside.
Making our way towards Cresswell along the roadside past holiday parks we get to Cresswell Beach & have ourselves an ice cream.
Now the path turns & heads out through sand dunes, we get a little lost as we were down in the dunes & couldn't se the sea!
Soon back in the right direction we continue winding our way through the dunes before deciding tom walk along Cresswell beach. The tide is a long way out leaving a wide sandy beach, Walking next to the sea for about the next 3.5miles our map makes it look like we can walk on water!
At Druidge Bay Country Park we come off the beach & walk along the sand dunes to Amble. Looking at the time & miles to go about 8miles we think we will walk back to Alnmouth so continue on. Missing a turn we go through Amble town centre & up the high street adding a little bit of distance correcting & walking along side the River Coquet with plenty of bird life to be seen. turning a corner we go over the river at Warkworth & back to the beach side on yes another golf course!
Final push. Along side the Alnmouth Estuary a short blip in land then turning across the river Aln & we are back at the car.
A change of clothes drink & snack & we hit the road at about 7pm arriving home at about 3am!
Another successful walking holiday & having achieved more miles than originally planned with the extra bit to the Scottish border then the extra day on the end we have in the last few days covered 83.68 recorded miles.
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