0
0
Today was planned to be a more relaxed day. Priority for today was trying to secure tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum when it moves to the UK for a year.
Jon was on the case as soon as the booking line opened – he had around 10,000 people in the queue in front of him. We later learned that over 60,000 people tried to book tickets today. It took about an hour to complete and even managed to get an weekend slot.
By the time that was sorted, it was near enough lunchtime. Jon had read about a cafe in Beadnell (just south of Seahouses) called The Landing that had good reviews for its Crab Sandwiches. Sat nav took us down some very narrow lanes to get there – would have probably been quicker to go our usual route to Seahouses!
We found the car park really easily and it was right next door to the beach and the cafe. Car parking was free for the first hour, just had to get a ticket. The Landing was busy and it appeared a load of people had arrived just before us. We managed to get a table but alas when the lady came over to take our order, they had sold out of crab sandwiches. Jon was gutted! They still had the Loaded Crab French Fries though. We all ordered prawn sandwiches and a bowl of the loaded fries. The lady said one would be enough between us … and if it wasn’t we could order another bowl. One was plenty!
After lunch we poked our head onto the beach – several bus loads of school children having fun on the beach. It was a large bay with a lime kiln to the left hand side of the bay.
From here, we stopped of at Seahouses to pick up some supplies (Co-op closed due to IT issues so had to use the One-Stop!) before continuing onto Bamburgh. We parked up at the foot of the castle – we’ve previously been inside the castle so this was not on our list this time round.
We had admired the cricket pitch as we’ve passed Bamburgh Castle all week – apparently it’s one of the most picturesque cricket pitches in the country. Set at the foot of the rock the castle is built on.
Before going inside the museum, we visited St Aidan’s Church across the road – we’d been told to make sure we went inside.
We had planned to visit the Grace Darling Museum today. Rain was meant to be incoming, so we first visited her monument in the Churchyard of St Aidan; a very ornate Victorian Gothic memorial in the church, with her effigy resting under the canopy. Originally carved out of Portland stone, the original monument weathered badly and was completely reconstructed in 1885. The original effigy was moved into the church itself.
Grace Darling’s resting place however is in the family grave close by. A large plot surrounded by low iron railings with a solitary headstone. William and Thomsin Darling are buried here along with Grace and her brother, Job and sister, Thomasin. She was only 26 when she passed away from Tuberculosis.
Jon and Callum were already outside the museum. We really should have checked museum opening times after yesterdays antics – this museum closes at 1pm on Wednesdays!
We’d try to visit on Thursday or Friday as we’d have to pass through Bamburgh anyway.
Jon hadn’t been feeling brilliant today, so we called it a day and headed back to Lucker. England were kicking off against the Democratic Republic of Congo and we wanted to watch the match.
Not the best England performance – DC of Congo scored very early on and their goalkeeper put in a heroic performance keeping out a wave of England attacks. After Gordon and Eze came on midway through the second half, the tempo changed and Kane struck twice to put England through. A glimmer of hope for Newcastle fans as Wissa looked to be finding form – hopefully that would continue for the start of the new Premier League.
One things for sure – we need to play so much better if we want to get passed Mexico in the next round.
