Woken by hail drumming on the roof. Packed up and on the road by 0920hrs. Followed the coast road north, through the Tyne Tunnel. Arrived "Seafield Holiday Park" 1230hrs. Set up by 1300hrs,
then a cuppa. Nice site, mostly statics but a small touring area to the front. 5 minutes walk to village and harbour. Quite small but the harbour is pretty.
There are boat trips to the Farne Islands and Lindisfarne, but sadly for us not operating that day because of poor sea conditions. We strolled around a little more, found a Fish and Chip shop, decided I would get some to take away later. Back onto the harbour wall and the view towards Lindisfarne was beautiful.
Couldn't resist a panorama. The Priory can just be seen about 1/3 in from the left on the horizon. Walked back to Eevie where Hazel watched her Tipping Point on tv then we went to the sites Leisure Centre for a swim.
Beautiful pool, then we lounged in the spa bath for a while, sauna and steam room, shower then back to Eevie. Couple of beers then I went for the Fish and Chips, we were a little disappointed, fish lovely but chips not so. Bit of tv then bed.
April 28th.
Set off at 0920hrs. We were going to Macmerry, 20 miles from Edinburgh. There is a man there who makes 12th scale Dollshouses, but, different. Lighthouses, windmills, fairy houses etc, all different from from the norm. Drove up the A1, arriving at his house 1130hrs. He made us very welcome, showed us round his workshop and made us coffee. Spent an hour chatting then decided on our purchases for Teeny Weeny World. A lighthouse.
A windmill.
A cottage which goes with either, A fairy house, and a wee house. (Not assembled yet). We left 1300hrs, by passed Edinburgh and headed towards Jedburgh. Just short of there I changed my mind mind and we headed across country via the A7 a lovely road that follows the border on the Scottish side. We wanted to be in the Lake District next day so this took us closer. We decided to overnight at Gretna, Braids Caravan Park. Been before and it's fine for a stopover. Arrived 1530hrs and set up.
Same pitch as we had last time. Started to rain, so gave the pub a miss. Couple of beers and dinner did us. Tomorrow we would head for Keswick.
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