Just to let you know. Although the weather reports are dire, we seem to have missed most of the bad rainfall and winds. Today we went for a walk across the fields behind Alnwick Castle and then drove across the causeway to Holy Island. There were a few drops of rain, but there was also sunshine and we had a fabulous day. The River Aln , however, usually a pleasant brook, was a raging torrent three times its usual width.
The road south of here seems to be closed however, so we might not be able to end this holiday as soon as we had planned . . .