I have to say, of the three that Edvardus recommends, the first one – the Beachcomber Campsite – looks wild and wonderful. Very close to the sea. The proximity to Lindisfarne is also an attraction. My first thought is to spend a couple of nights at the place […]
Edvardus writes:There is the Beachcomber Campsite – http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/beachcomber – near Goswick to the south of Berwick. It’s slap beside the Coast & Castles route. I passed it on the way north and it seemed ok but I can’t vouch for the facilities there. A (small) mix of tents, […]
I’m not one of those people who thinks that the trains in Britain were far better before privatisation – they certainly were not – they were much worse; just like TV in the 70s and 80s, the clothes, public services, schools, museums…. Most things are much better now. […]
Today has been a funny day. Let’s start on a good point: my deliveries have started to arrive – Mark Beaumont’s book. But then it rained…and rained… when will this English summer start? I plodded up to AW Cycles, my bike shop of choice to invest in more […]
More useful info from the CTC forum: “We camped here in 2001. Marshall Meadows Farm BERWICK-UPON-TWEED TD151UT Tel: 01289 307375 The site was basic with no shop, but does have toilets and showers. It also has the main rail line running past it, although we didn’t find it […]
A reassuring post on the CTC forum that I set up:“No suggestions on campsites, I’m afraid – I stayed in B&Bs and Youth Hostels. But don’t get too worried about the wind. We did it south-to-north and had some really rotten wind in Northumberland – “beasterly easterlies”, I […]
Not sleepy so on the Internet. Just had a Facebook chat with Ian Hendry – he seems like a nice guy – I admire the guy’s motivation to come all the way over here to cycle London to Rome. Not sure whether I would go over to Australia […]
This is something that a guy called Matthew Abbott once talked to me about and I have just seen the link to the Couchsurfing website via Facebook and Massimo. I’ll get back to you on this – I need to do more research but I don’t want to […]
