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St Oswald's Way - Day 1

On Wed 4th Sept 2024, all 11 Commonwealth Ramblers 2024 travelled from many different places to Berwick-Upon-Tweed (East coast of the UK), where we boarded 2 taxis destined for Lindisfarne (Holy Island). (Lindisfarne Castle can be seen in the background of the above picture).

Berwick-Upon-Tweed Train Station

Highspeed Train



What did all the Ramblers do before getting to Berwick-Upon-Tweed?

The noble English folk ...

Martin Crumper / Robert Turner
With only the option of a slow train from Somerset to Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Martin & Robert caught the train Tuesday and stayed the night at Berwick-Upon-Tweed to be the first ones there on Wednesday.
Leslie Lea
. Trained from Orphington to London, then onto Newcastle for the night
. Train from Newcastle to Berwick-Upon-Tweed the next morning


The Aussies ....

Trevor Lea / Michael Lea
. London - Spent a couple of days catching up with UK relatives.
. Train to Berwick-Upon-Tweed on Tues 3rd Sept for the night
. Roaring to go Wed 4th Sept morning
Brendan & Joyce Keating
. London - Tues 27th to Sat 31st Aug.
. Train to Edinburgh - Sun 1st to Tues 3rd Sept.
. Train to Berwick-Upon-Tweed - Wed 4th Sept.
Steve Macaulay
. Flight to London with Kay & visited Kay's Niece in London
. 7 Day cruise from Southhampton to Norwegian Foords
. 3 Nights at the Isle of White & Train trip to Penzance, stayed for 9 nights
. Train back to London for 2 nights, and Kay flew home to Aus.
. Train to Berwick-Upon-Tweed with Garry
Garry McKenzie
. 3 Nights at Sofitel Obilisk (Dubai)
. Flight to Amsterdam, for 7 night cruise to Rotterdam / Copenhagen / Oslo / Gottenberg
. Celebrated 50th Wedding Anniversary on Board with Chris
. Flight to Heathrow, 3 nights in London and Chris flew home to Aus.
. Train to Berwick-Upon-Tweed with Steve
Danny Driscoll
. Flight to Dublin on 13th Aug
. Travelled through South of Ireland - Galway, Limerick, Killarney, Cork, Waterford
. Thurs 29th - Train to Dublin, met with Rod to head to Belfast for 3 nights
. Flight to Newcastle, stayed 3 nights - Sun 1 to Tues 3 Sept.
. Train to Berwick-Upon-Tweed with Rod
Rod Unmack
. Flight to Dublin, stayed 3 nights - Mon 26 to Wed 28 Aug
. Met Danny for train to Belfast, stayed 3 nights - Thurs 29 to Sat 31 Aug
. Flight to Newcastle, stayed 3 nights - Sun 1 to Tues 3 Sept
. Train to Berwick-Upon-Tweed with Danny


Some pics from Lindisfarne (Holy Island) ...

Welcome
Lindisfarne Castle
Lindisfarne Castle
Priory Church
Priory
Tide Warning