St Cuthbert’s Way Walk Day 6 would see us walking from Wooler to Beal – a distance of about 15 miles.

After our celebrations the previous evening, we were walking from Wooler to Beal. The Andy’s were heading off on another longer cycle ride and Nicholl was going to join us for lunch.

Neil and I set off along the road into the centre of Wooler before picking up St Cuthbert’s Way route again.

Leaving Wooler, we soon had some lovely views.

The top was rather bleak.

Our route tooks us through quite a variety of different scenery.

We dropped down to Weetwood Bridge, which was apparently part of the Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum.

The next section of the route followed the road for a while to West Horton.

just around the corner from the statue of St Cuthbert, we found a whole series of fields filled with purple poppies. A local chap told us they they are grown for their seeds, which are exported to Holland.

We were now heading towards to trees in search of St Cuthbert’s Cave.

After lunch, Nicholl walked back to the car and Neil & I continued along the route.

By the time we reached Fenwick, I was feeling tired and we stopped for a brief beak at a welcome bench. After a snack bar, it was time to carry on.

The route takes you over the East Coast Mainline track, so you have to phone for permission to cross the line.

Eventually we reached the edge of the estuary.

When we got to the road over the causeway to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Nicholl and the two Andy’s were waiting for us. This was to be the end point of the days walk. As the tide was in, we had to go and stand on the bit of road at the edge of the water.

That night we were staying at The Lindisfarne Inn, a little futher inland. For our evening meal that night we were joined by two others – Kath and her sister Mary. Unfortunately I fogot to take a picture that evening!

We had walked 15 miles and climbed 1628 feet on our walk from Wooler to Beal. You can see our route below: