Bamburgh

Published on August 8, 2020August 7, 2020 by John’s Postcards

A week by the sea, day 1

With all the COVID-19 restrictions in place we have decided that we will not be taking a holiday this year so now is a good time to delve into the archives and organise a virtual tour of a few English coastal resorts. Welcome on board and enjoy the views! We would normally sign off our postcards with the hackneyed ‘Wish you were here’, but at the moment it isn’t appropriate. You may not wish to be ‘here’. If that’s the case, don’t succumb to temptation of travelling when you know it’s much safer to stay at home.

Day one – Greetings from Bamburgh

We start our virtual trip around the coast at Bamburgh castle in the north east of England. It is one of the few castles still in private ownership and inhabited. The photographs were taken on a very brief detour from the A1 whilst driving from Edinburgh to Durham.

The Wise and Foolish Builders^.“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

8 thoughts on “Bamburgh”

Stuart Templeton says:

August 8, 2020 at 11:34 am

We’ve never actually been in the castle but we all love that beach! Sad thing is we were all supposed to be up in Northumberland now on holiday, but like you have had to cancel.

A great post John!

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1. John’s Postcards says:
  
  August 8, 2020 at 11:42 am
  
  Thanks Stuart, our stop there was too brief to go in the castle – perhaps another time.
  
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  1. Stuart Templeton says:
    
    August 8, 2020 at 7:13 pm
    
    Agree – we need to get in there too at some point!
    
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Peter's pondering says:

August 8, 2020 at 2:18 pm

We’ve been in the castle and have visited that coast many times. No holiday for us this year either but lots of happy memories to sustain us.

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Elaine says:

August 8, 2020 at 6:09 pm

Great photographs John, thanks for posting 👍🏻

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Clare Pooley says:

August 12, 2020 at 11:45 pm

I love Bamburgh! We, like you decided to cancel our holiday and stay at home. What a great idea to take us on a virtual tour!

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quercuscommunity says:

August 18, 2020 at 9:43 am

I confess that it’s another of those places I’ve driven past rather than visited. Great coast but not one I’ve visited often.

I have just done your virtual tour backwards – thank you it’s been great – I’m having a day off today and this is far better than doing the work on my list of jobs. 🙂

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1. John’s Postcards says:
  
  August 18, 2020 at 3:59 pm
  
  Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the journey in reverse! Good to have you on board.
  
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