From the car park we can easily access the path alongside the Coquet, here looking to Warkworth Harbour and Amble.

The path by the river doesn't last for long so we have to walk along the road until we get to Warkworth Castle.

At least the view across the river to Warkworth is a pleasant one.

Our route takes around the back of the castle to the footpath, although it turned out we could just have used the car park entrance and ended up in the same place.

As we walked behind the castle a microlight flew over it.

Having walked all around the castle we followed the path out of the castle grounds to pass by the cricket ground and onto the main road.

Finally leaving Warkworth behind we followed St Oswald's Way towards New Barns.

From the footpath we could look across towards Amble and the sea beyond it.

It was easy enough walking along this section. Our route would take us to Togston, which is just about visible in the distance.

At a crossroads we left St Oswald's Way and finally lost the tarmac path.

The footpath took us through this wood, which provided some much appreciated shade.

Walking through here was very pleasant and when we left the trees we were soon in Togston.

Having walked through Togston we soon found ourselves walking in fields which had clearly been harvested recently. This was our lunchtime view, looking across the fields to the sea on the horizon.

Lunch over we made our way through more fields but were also treated to the sight of several deer in two of the fields.

Having crossed the road our route took us around the edge of another field to Druridge Bay Country Park.

The path in the park took us to the stepping stones at the weir, which we opted to use.

Looking along Ladyburn Lake, which the path took us next to as we made our way out of the country park.

We join the Northumberland Coastal Path, but rather than stick to the road we walk along the beach.

Despite the warm weather the beach is very quiet.

We don't risk getting caught out further down the beach at the rocky headland so make our way off the beach to follow the track through the sand dunes.

The path moves away from the beach a little as it heads towards Hauxley Nature Reserve.

We take advantage of a bench looking into Hauxley Nature Reserve, but there isn't a lot to see.

Having walked through Low Hauxley we find ourselves walking up and down a series of sand dunes so look for a way to get onto the flatter beach.

At least now Amble is in sight, but it would be really nice to get onto the beach, which is harder than it looks.

We eventually find a spot to scramble down onto the beach but as we are approaching Wellhaugh Point we will head back off it quite quickly.

From the beach we get a good look at Coquet Island.

A final look at the beach just before we leave it and head back onto the sand dunes.

It turned out we could have stayed on the beach but at least on this section it was relatively flat.

Approaching Pan Point we were almost back on familiar territory as we had visited Amble and walked around the harbour last November.

Looking across to the old lighthouse on Amble's South Pier.

Even though it is in Amble this is known as Warkworth Harbour.

Leaving the harbour behind us we follow the path around the marina and opt for the quick route back to the car. Especially as all the possible places we could have gone for a drink in Amble were now shut.

 

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