Berwick Upon Tweed
When on the train to Scotland, I've often thought that Berwick-Upon-Tweed would be a nice place to visit. There's something about the way that after rushing past a few miles of craggy cliffs you slow down and sweep around the town and its estuary up on high that I always love. I mentioned this to Liv when we went to Scotland in January and so as a birthday suprise she booked us a weekend there.We stayed in a really nice B&B on the edge of town (which isn't nearly as twee as it looks on the website!) which was a great base for milling around the town for a couple of days. We weren't really sure what there was to do there, but I was happy to find a leaflet advertising The Lowry Trail. The artist was apparantly a frequent visitor to the town and painted it many times. The trail covers the whole town and has the occcasional information board which shows you how the view inspired his work.
The weather had been a bit grey on the Saturday but was much nicer on Sunday, so we went for a walk along the beach and then along the cliffs. And that's it. It was a really nice relaxed weekend. If you are happy to spend a couple of days pottering about, Berwick is a nice place to do it.
You can see all the pictures on Flickr.
Labels: holiday
1 Comments:
I remember seeing something about this on Look North or something. The Lowry Trail looks pretty interesting. Although Lowry's paintings look pretty basic on the surface (stick men and all that) there's something that really fascinates me about them.
Post a Comment
<< Home