Holy Island in General Reviews

Newest Review: ... be accessible at the time of the morning that we arrived. as we appraoched the causeway, we saw many hikers, cyclists and even groups. Since it happened to be Good Friday when we visited, there seemed to be some sort of pilgrimage to the island, with large groups carrying wooden crosses across the causeway and onto the island itself. Unfortunately due to the awful oppressing fog, we saw very little whilst we were crossing the causeway, which apart from one place on the road, allows two cars to drive at the same time. It was actually quite eerie when we crosses the causeway, as we literally had this road in front of us, and complete mist an... more
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by - written on 04/05/11 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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On our first day touring the county of Northumberland, we decided to head northwards from our B&B to Holy Island, not far from the larger town of Berwick upon Tweed, near the Scottish border. When we left our B&B that morning, we left beautiful blue skies with the sunny shining, however as we drove northwards, we were met with nothing but sea fog, that potentially covered any of the spectacular views we were expecting. Nonetheless, we kept our fingers crossed that the sun would eventually burn off the mist as the day went on (this was not to be the case at all!). As you head northwards on the A1, Holy Island is well signposted, through the village of ... Read the complete review
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