{"id":806,"date":"2021-12-19T00:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T00:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/?p=806"},"modified":"2021-12-19T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T14:17:01","slug":"08-12-2021-bamburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/index.php\/2021\/12\/19\/08-12-2021-bamburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"08-12-2021 BAMBURGH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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19.5 Km\u00a0 (12.1 mile)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0NEGLIGIBLE ASCENT\u00a0 \u00a0 Start\u00a0 10.08\u00a0 \u00a0Finish\u00a0 15.52\u00a0 \u00a0 Ave moving speed\u00a0 2.86 mph<\/p>

Seven of us left the coach on the B1340, WSW of High Newton, together with two other groups on a mainly overcast day.\u00a0 As we approached High Newton, the two other groups continued along the road while we headed east to the beach at Football Hole.\u00a0 Finding a suitable spot in the sand dunes we had our coffee stop.\u00a0 Coffee over, we made our way back over the dunes to St Oswalds Way (Northumberland Coast Path) which we followed for about 0.5 Km before heading back to the beach.\u00a0 With the tide right out, there was plenty of hard sand to walk along although in places there was a\u00a0 thin film of water on top of the sand.\u00a0 As we walked up the beach, I had a phone call from one of the other groups warning us that the Long Nanny south of Beadnell was impassible on the beach due to the amount of water flowing into the sea.\u00a0 This is a rare occurrence as we have been able to walk through it on many previous occasions.\u00a0 However, as we approached, it was obvious that on this occasion we would need to cut inland to the footbridge.\u00a0 After crossing the stream via the bridge, we headed back to the beach and made for Beadnell Harbour.\u00a0 It had been my intention to have an early lunch in the lime kiln as on many previous occasions but this time we decided not to (or at least Angie did) as the kiln was rather smelly.\u00a0 Undeterred, we left the harbour and continued NW until we reached the village green where we had the comfort of table and seats for our lunch stop.\u00a0 After lunch it was back onto the beach again, heading for Seahouses.\u00a0 We made good time over the hard sand until just south of North Sunderland Point.\u00a0 Here, the Annstead Burn flows into the sea.\u00a0 This has never caused a problem in previous years but this time there was no way across.\u00a0 About 1\/3 of the way across it was almost over my boots, the rest of the group would certainly have had wet feet at that point.\u00a0 So, once again it was a case of heading inland, this time to the road where we crossed the burn and then turned right on a footpath just past the golf club house. This took us back onto the beach on the north side of the burn and we were then able to climb up onto North Sunderland Point.\u00a0 As we made our way onto the golf course, the cloud started breaking and we were met by a rainbow.\u00a0 After crossing the golf course following the RoW posts and passing the caravan site we made our way to the harbour with the rainbow still partly visible.\u00a0 A short stretch on the pavement next to the B1340 and then it was on a footpath and\u00a0 onto the beach again.\u00a0 \u00a0At Monk House, once again we had to leave the beach as the Ingram Burn crossing the beach was too deep to cross without getting wet feet.\u00a0 First time ever that I have had to go onto the road at this point.\u00a0 Back on the beach we headed towards Bamburgh Castle with the sky becoming rather dark again.\u00a0 Level with the castle Angie & Anne said they were going to go straight into Bamburgh rather than do the loop up to Budle Bay.\u00a0 They had obviously felt the rain sooner than me as no sooner had they said this and I called the group to a halt, the rain started and within a minute or so was becoming heavy.\u00a0 When asked the question, all the group agreed to head over the dunes and to the buses.\u00a0 \u00a0As we approached the buses, the rain became heavier, we had made the correct decision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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