We returned to the River Coquet today in finer weather to take some photos of Warkworth Castle for a website. Photos were taken from various places at Amble using a very long camera lens.

This photo was taken from the quay at Amble in early afternoon looking across Warkworth Harbour and up the River Coquet to the Castle.

23 January 2007 - Bothal, Northumberland.

A light overnight shower provided the first snow of the winter today. Not heavy enough to turn the fields very white though.

Here is a view of Bothal Castle with snow on top of the walls and on the fields in front.

21 January 2007 - Warkworth, Northumberland.

Today we visited Warkworth for a walk along the River Coquet to the Castle and Village.

When we left home the sun was shining and the sky was blue - that swiftly changed as we approached Warkworth and rain was obviously approaching.

In the first photo below Warkworth Castle is still lit by sunshine from the south while the sky overhead is dark and grey. In the second photo the north bank of the River Coquet is lit up by sunshine and a rainbow.

16 January 2007 - Elsdon, Northumberland.

Today, on a beautiful winters day we visited Redesdale in Northumberland to take photos for websites.

On the way home we stopped at Elsdon to take some late afternoon photos of the Church and village green.

The sun was low and producing a nice warm glow on the church and surrounding buildings.

It was also reflecting in the windows of Elsdon Tower, seen here behind St. Cuthbert's Parish Church.

14 January 2007 - River Wansbeck, Bothal Weir.

A walk to the River Wansbeck at Bothal today, sheltered from the strong winds in the deep valley in which it lies here. This area is part of the local councils "flagship" Castles, Woods Water scheme to provide a lovely walk from Bothal to Mitford.

A noble idea as the River Wansbeck is certainly a lovely place to walk as the first photo below of Bothal weir shows.

There's some cleaning up work to do yet though as the second photo below of Bothal Mill Stream shows that very little water but plenty of beer seems to flow here!!

13 January 2007 - Amble, Northumberland Coast.

After a few very windy days we decided to visit Amble for a walk around the harbour and pier. The wind had dropped in the morning but was getting much stronger again in the afternoon.

Normally the Cormorants and Gulls are lined up along their favourite perch, which is one of the old mooring jetties, but today as the tide was out they were on the sands below.

In this photo you can tell which way the strong wind was blowing - the birds, almost without exception, were facing into it.

10 January 2007 - Bothal, Northumberland.

A late afternoon walk to Bothal today shortly before sunset. There were very dark clouds moving swiftly across the sky producing sunny intervals with dark threatening skies.

The first photo shows fields looking nice and green with new crops under heavy cloud. Shortly after there was a very colourful sunset.

05 January 2007 - Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland Coast.

A visit to Newbiggin on the South East Northumberland Coast this afternoon to take a few photos across the bay. The sun came and went for most of the afternoon which produced some good sunny views against dark skies.

Here is a view of the Cafe Riviera and other light painted buildings lit up by sunshine against a very dark sky.

04 January 2007 - Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

Today we visited Berwick-upon-Tweed to take stock photos and website photos. It was a beautiful Winter day with clear blue skies, but still a blustery wind blowing across the the River Tweed.

We walked along the pier in the morning to take photos of the lighthouse and river before walking over the historic Old Bridge and back across the New Bridge to the town centre and shops. Later we returned to the Town Walls to take more photos (over 200 in total).

The first photo below looks along Pier Road to the Town Walls, while the second photo looks north across the River Tweed from the shore between the Old Bridge and New Bridge (a favourite feeding place for Swans)

02 January 2007 - Bothal, Northumberland.

A walk to Bothal on a lovely sunny morning, much calmer after the strong winds of recent days, quite warm in fact.

Sheltered in the valley of the River Wansbeck, Bothal Castle provides a scenic backdrop for the sheep grazing happily in the winter sunshine.

01 January 2007 - Nunriding, Northumberland.

A New Year's day walk in the countryside west of Morpeth this afternoon to blow away the cobwebs.

It was still very windy and while the weather once again turned dull in mid afternoon, the sky still had plenty of colour with fast moving clouds.

This tree silhouette is courtesy of the "spooky trees" - a row of trees that often provides a good foreground for a sky shot.

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