Lindisfarne
Nov. 29th, 2008 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhythmaningOne day during our stay in Northumberland, we went to Lindisfarne - also known as Holy Island.
I had seen the castle from the train many times, and often thought of venturing across the narrow causeway; the road is flooded at high tide so one must time one’s visit.
The castle was reworked by Edwin Lutyens and boasts a rather scrubby little walled garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll.
It was Lindisfarne Priory that I really loved. Now ruined, and the subject of a violent history, the Romanesque arches and pillars and the weathered stone were quite beautiful.
I had seen the castle from the train many times, and often thought of venturing across the narrow causeway; the road is flooded at high tide so one must time one’s visit.
The castle was reworked by Edwin Lutyens and boasts a rather scrubby little walled garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll.
It was Lindisfarne Priory that I really loved. Now ruined, and the subject of a violent history, the Romanesque arches and pillars and the weathered stone were quite beautiful.
