The Northumberland coast has only recently become a major part of the tourist trail, which is surprising as its beaches - stretching for miles under open skies with castles clinging on the cliff tops by their fingernails - are some of the finest anywhere in the world.
Nationally important in terms of the long stretches of sand dunes that separate the land from the sea and the incredible offshore wildlife of dolphins and hundreds of thousands of seabirds, there is so much to discover here, no matter what your age or interest.
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, for example - which the sea condescendingly offers access to twice a day - is a magical place but it also offers great danger and you must be aware of
