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northumberland may 2016

These days we stay on a wonderful organic farm amongst the pigs, sheep, ducks and peacocks – more each year.  I fancied trying my hand at animal studies but only managed a couple of the peacocks.
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Craster is a compact village, the favoured walk approach to Dunstanburgh Castle.  We did the walk but I managed to avoid sketching it again although always a pleasure concentrated on 3 in and around the village.  If the tide is not in the rocks to the side are a myriad of shapes, pools and colours – rich green sea weed in the pools, near indigo sea with white spray, orange, browns and… 
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Lobster pots – or are they for crabs? – and the cottages hard on the edge of the natural rock harbour.
 
Berwick is always a pleasure with its Georgian Houses, the perimeter walls walk and ever changing views.  It retains its working grit and not a surprise that L S Lowry spent so many years there.  I was tempted by a few of his views but chose the roofscape albeit with the Town Hall tower which dominates the town.
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