Lindisfarne (Holy Island)

We arrived in Lindisfarne around 9am and just before the tide covered the access road.  This meant we hard the island almost to ourselves for the morning.  We explored the village, and circumnavigated the priory before going out on a set walk to the north west dunes.

We closely followed Walk 2 in my book "Short Walks in Northumbria" by the Ramblers Association, as show in the route map below.  However we did an extra there-and-back trip all the way up to Castlehead Rocks.

The approximate route

Arriving early morning, a view from the village to the Castle

In the Lookout

The Priory from the Lookout

The Harbour

Across the Harbour to the Castle

The Window

Panorama from the dunes looking out

Panorama from the dunes looking back

Taking Photos

Castlehead Rocks in the North of the island.

A (nearly) deserted beach

Walking back towards the Castle along the trackway.

Mmm, these weren't in the guidebook !

View of the Village from the Castle

Walking around Lindisfarne : 19,653 steps
Daily Total : 27,378 steps (including evening walk around Bamburgh)