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May 21, 2007
Sun, sea, ice-cream, fish & chips and THE best smoked fishes!
The weather at the weekend was fabulous. Sunny, warm, but with a refreshing wind that kept many people away from our beautiful Northumberland coastline. Not me though. Me and one of gkk's undercover agents, Angorared, went off on an intrepid foodventure with some dune based meditation thrown in.
Off we went up the gorgeous Northumberland Coastal Route, past ancestral piles, castles, moorland, sumptuous farmland and spectacular coastline.
Near the historic market town of Warkworth, just outside Acklington, there is a superb ice cream parlour, where you can pet the happy, prizewinning, pretty Morwick cows in their luscious green field, whose milk is used to make the delicious ice cream made at Morwick Ice Cream Parlour. If you have not yet found this delightful little place, I would urge you to make the time to go there. You won't be disappointed. The mango yoghurt cornet I had was superb. Their list of flavours is impressive and they use only the most natural fresh ingredients. Their Turkish Delight flavour is yummy too.
After that we headed to Alnwick Dunes where there was a welcome respite from the howling winds. We lay down amonst the marram grass and were transported to a veritable cornucopia of colour. Honestly, the colours were so vivid I had to pinch myself to check I wasn't dreaming. Or on drugs. It was fantastic. We stayed comtemplating this amazing empty crescent of golden sand and green, blue and dark turquoise sea for ages. Alnmouth Dunes are areas of Special Scientific Interest and they have unique saltmarsh and dune habitats, which are the home to many varieties of seabirds and seaside plants. It was a truly magical time.
Following our sojourn in the dunes, we were pretty hungry and headed further north to Seahouses, a well known little fishing village which has been a tourist attraction since Victorian times, and in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Seahouses is the home of the kipper. And the story goes that they were developed at Swallow Fish in the 1840s. Now I love a good kipper, and Swallow Fish is one of the best smokehouses in the country, so of course we had to go and check out what was on offer. Smoked salmon pate, naturally smoked haddock, kippers and a piece of line caught local sea trout. Wow, what a haul! Then off we went to stuff ourselves with some of the best fish and chips I have eaten, at the Neptune Restaurant in Seahouses. Now this must be the only fish & chip chop (of the many) in Seahouses that I had never eaten in, because previously it looked, to be honest, a bit of a dump. But it has been rejuvenated and the fish and chips were superb. After mushy peas, tea, bread and butter on the side, two very satisfied people left there to return home. Happy, full of great food, with great fishes to eat and freeze, and a clear head from all the fresh air. What a great day. Thanks Angorared!
Posted by glittrgirl at May 21, 2007 11:49 AM
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Mmmm, kipper. And I'm going to tag you for the 7 random things meme. *mwah*
Posted by: Peatbogfaery at May 23, 2007 11:15 AM
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