where's Hitchcock?

gulls on Holy Island , Northumberland

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a tourist looking in the wrong direction at Holy Island

Causeway, Holy Island

Holy Island , in Northumberland,  is a tidal island which is cut off from the mainland twice a day at high tide. This picture was taken as the waters were receding from the causeway. The white structure that can be seen is a refuge for motorists who become  trapped by the tide. Despite the warning signs there are several occasions per year when motorists have to be rescued such as this: example

wild swan

a swan takes advantage as an ice cream van waits for the tide to recede and clear the causeway across to the tidal island of  Holy Island  in Northumberland.

Lindisfarne Oysters

EAT Festival

Pacific oysters (Crassostrea Gigas) are grown on the seashore within the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve at Holy Island, Northumberland.

Holy Island

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This tidal island lies off the Northumberland coast in the North-East of England

It is the site of the ruined monastery of Lindisfarne which was founded by the Irish born Saint Aiden who was sent from Iona in Scotland in around AD 635.

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In the distance of this photo can bee seen Lindisfarne Castle which dates from Tudor times and which was re-designed for use as a private home by Sir Edwin Lutyens . The castle is now in the hands of the National Trust and is open to visitors.

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The islands main industry for many years was fishing but is now tourism.

Mobile Library

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Northumberland County Library Service has four mobile libraries serving people in villages and remote rural areas. This one was pictured on Holy Island.

time and tide.......

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...wait for no man
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Holy Island, Northumberland,

the causeway Holy Island

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Holy Island , off the coast of Northumberland, is cut off from the mainland twice a day by the tides. This photo, taken yesterday shows the road just beginning to be covered by the encroaching waters

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island

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interior, Church of St Mary the Virgin , mainly 13th Century

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