Walked into Whitley bay yes! coffee and cake. Bus back to site. On arrival had a lovely surprise our friends Linda and Ray had arrived and were on the pitch next to us, so an afternoon catching up. Catted to some open water swimmers on the beach Brrrrr.
30 September 2019 Whitley Bay
Bikes out on another sunny day so a cycle down to Tynemouth then back to Seaton Sluice via St Marys Lighthouse the lighthouse was covered in Starlings then on for lunch at The Kings arms Fab grub and staff (see Below). back to site for more catching up and Laundry Day.
BIG sandwich
Don’t call at this petrol station they are out of gas ???
Rain overnight but clearing away to a lovely sunny warm day. Walk along the beach this morning before we left. Good drive down calling for a shop on the way. Into Whitley bay for our coffee and cake break. (yummy). Back for a shower !!! wow turned it on and it was like trying to catch a fire hose it was trying to wash the whole shower room, the site, parts of Whitley Bay, and probably the outskirts of Blyth. I kid you not so much water came out The North Sea level dropped a foot.
Late start after going into Berwick for M a new bike helmet and a coffee at Mule on Rouge next door a lovely little coffee stop. Good drive down some shopping arriving at just 1300 4th in the queue and still had to wait 15 mins to get on site (this is the worst site ever and we have done a few) Did some washing, above is a picture of the sock thingy in the information room. Walkabout on the beach.
26 September 2019 Beadnell Bay
Walk along the beach into Seahouses for a bacon butty and coffee walk back, afternoon walk down to Beadnell Kilns and harbour. Evening walk along the beach.
Walked into Town round the town walls coffee back for lunch, the tide was out so a wander on Spittal beach then up to M&S for some shopping.
23 September 2019 Berwick on Tweed
Cycle into town then along Spittal prom. to watch the gannets diving for fish. Lunch then another cycle this side of the river. Came across this wizard on the campsite.
Wizz
24 September 2019 Berwick on Tweed
Alas bad weather so a walk into town then called in at Berwick Cycles for a new bike helmet. The washing machine on this site was out of order when we arrived on this site and has still not been fixed and has created a few problems for people on site, we did our by hand and used the dryer. This is the 3rd washer breakdown we have encountered since June.
Set of late due to only 90 mins. drive. Booked in found a pitch ? grass we don’t like grass. Soooo! off to do some shopping then parked up in town for coffee and cake. Back to the site to sort out our pitch problem. We now have one of the best pitches on the site (how jammy is that).
Our lovely pitch (click image for BIG)
21 September 2019 Berwick on Tweed
Walk into town for coffee at Costa, they still remember us and are still making top notch coffee. Lunch back at the site then a walk down to Spittal beach, they have now put a height barrier on to stop motorhome owners staying all night and doing things with their waste that they should not do? well done.
Lovely sunny day so caught a bus up to The Roslyn Chapel, a long journey but interesting. The chapel was small but after watching a BBC 4 part documentary and The Da Vinci Code understood a lot about the place.
While waiting for the bus back to Edinburgh had a chat with a local at the bus stop on the benefits that it has brought to the community. Back for a coffee in Edinburgh, they are filming Fast and Furious 9 on George Street in Edinburgh today and for the next 4 weeks.
These Camping cars are getting BIGGER
17 September 2019 Edinburgh
Did our usual difficult ride on route 1 and route 76 up to Queensferry and The Forth Road Bridge stopping for coffee on route at The Picnic Stop Queensferry came back on Route 1. Lunch then into Edinburgh for a walkabout in the afternoon.
Steady drive down past the Kelpies arrived about 1100 after shopping. Lunch shower and up into Edinburgh to watch the Riding of The Marches.
We followed the ride from Holyrood House up The Royal Mile. The 300 horses were followed by 2 road sweepers and a horrible pong! must have been the effort of travelling up hill!
Day off exercise so a slow start into Stirling for a walkabout been down a few new streets ! interesting morning. Looked around the Cathedral again. A walk up to the Castle.
View of the Ochils
Lunch in town then back to the site to prepare ourselves for the coffee bothy fab cakes and coffee could get fat if we stayed here longer.
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