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It was a lot of fun even though the shoes were a bit of a mess for a few days. I wanted to walk to the island anyway and wading ashore gave it a viking feel. I'm glad you enjoyed it, rsmith,and you did well to choose such a great route with little experience of walking in England.
Even if there...
We enjoyed SOW a lot, despite the odd way-finding issue, probably due to walking from the Wall rather than to it. We also made a sizeable detour to avoid a suspicious looking bull.
There are pleasant towns along the way: Rothbury, Warkworth, Alnmouth, Beadnell, Bamburgh and Holy Island itself...
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