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The kingdom of the birds

samarcand complains that if I don't post about how I spent last week, he can't be expected to know what I've been doing. It's not as if he has my phone number, or an RSS feed for my Flickr account, or anything like that... Oh, all right then, he has both of those things, and uses them, and he still wants me to write about it. How can I refuse?

( We enjoyed simply being on the island )

( We visited the Castle )

( And we visited the Farne Islands )

And on Saturday morning we got up and watched the sun fail to emerge from cloud until it was well clear of the horizon (all of which is traditional). But then we had beds to go back to, and a kitchen to make our own breakfast, which is better than traditional. And the rest of the weekend was the usual tangle of guests and visits - oh, and a visit to Barter Books in Alnwick, since we were passing...