Sorry about the delayed posts. I have been having trouble uploading photos to the website. I suspect it has been due to slower than normal mobile data speeds.
Another landmark day on our journey.we ste off on the 20Nm journey from Eyemouth to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. About 1.5 miles in we crossed back into England. It really made us feel like we were on the way home.
We entered the channel leading in to Lindisfarne on a flood tide running at about 3 kts. So quite a fast entry. We anchored up and I launched my dinghy and we went ashore to explore this wonderful Island. Due to being later in the day we looked around the outside of the ruined abbey, the restored Coastguard watch tower with its fantastic views and the village. We decided to leave the castle until the morning.
We returned to Jeddo as it was my turn to do the cooking. Whilst standing preparing the food I heard voices. Being nosey I put my head out of the hatch to see two Dutchmen that had anchored next to me and we had seen ashore, in their inflatable rowing like mad, but being washed away from their boat by the fast running tide. I abandoned preparing the dinner and put my lifejacket on and jumped into my dinghy. Within no time I was alongside them taking a line and towing them back to their boat. If we hadnt been there I have no idea where they would have ended up with the tide ebbing rapidly they could have been swept out to sea. Rather worryingly there were no life jackets in the dinghy.
Next morning we went ashore to see the castle. We got ashore just after 09.00 and walked out towards the castle. We were too early for the 10.00 opening so visited the castle walled garden below the castle. The garden, designed by the designer Gertrude Jeckyl was a mass of colours with hardy wind resistant flowers.
We got up to the castle entrance and joine the queue of abou 10 people. We bought our tickets and let in a bit early. The castle was built during the reign of Henry VIII. By the early 1900s it had got into a state of disrepair and the publisher Edward Hudson purchased as a holiday home and restored the building. It’s now run by the National Trust.
