Big Trip 09 Highlights - Northumberland

The centrepiece of Big Trip was a week in Seahouses, Northumberland with my mum, my sister and my two lovely nieces. It was a wonderful opportunity for the 4 cousins to play together and it worked out really well. We also had various friends and family visit us from various parts of northern England and southern Scotland throughout the week on a kind of roster system, so we got to see everybody without rushing around like mad folk.

Northumberland is not too well known but is in fact a stunning area of amazing coastlines and fascinating history. The kids loved being able to walk to the sandy beach every morning but for me the highlight was probably the none-more-historical Lindisfarne, aka Holy Island.