Group Walk

Northern England / Northumberland Coast

Northumbria

16ml.

10:00am

On-street parking in Belford, GR NU109339. There is limited parking spaces in Belford, so can we please try to car share as much as is possible. An organised bus will leave Belford at 9:30am and take us to Holy Island. The causeway opens at 9:45am. The actual walk will begin at 10am from Holy Island, GR NU125425

Linear walk from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Belford. This is the 8th and final stage of our 50th Anniversary of the LDWA celebrations. Due to the logistics of getting on and off a tidal Island, we will be changing our direction for this stage and walking south. We will begin with a 4 mile tour of Lindisfarne visiting both the Priory and the Castle. We will then walk across the sands of the Pilgrims Way, 2.5 miles following the poles for direction. The crossing is usually done barefoot, so our feet and lower legs will get wet and muddy. From the Northumberland mainland we will continue St Oswald's Way via Fenwick and Kyloe Woods to our cars in Belford with a additional short detour to St Cuthbert's Cave

If you are wanting to do this walk could you please notify myself by email or text using the details below or alternatively just tell me face to face. Can you please also state whether you will be using the organised bus from Belford to Holy Island, as some people may be planning their own transport to do this linear walk. Please note that whereas on previous Pilgrimage walks we have used a 50+ seater bus, on this occasion we will be using a 32 seater bus. We may actually fill this bus, so places will be on a first come first served basis. So please tell me as soon as you can if you wish to use the bus for this walk. By doing this walk you are agreeing to abide by the rules of Northumbria LDWA with regards to a) Dogs are welcome on leads, but owners must have up to date public liability insurance in place b) Those taking photographs must ensure that all people in photographs have given explicit consent for the taking and distribution of the photograph Sunrise - 7:27am, Sunset - 18:16pm. Holy Island causeway safe crossing times, 09:45am - 17:10pm. We should aim to begin our crossing of the Pilgrim's Way at about 12:20pm