17 July 2026 Seahouses

Some more problems on this £60.00 a night site traffic moving on site at 1o’clock in the morning out of the 3 wash basins in the shower block only 1 has cold water? the other taps are broke. Moving pitch today to the one near the Ocean club where I have been woken before by deliveries to the club at 3. 30 and 0630 in the morning. I love Seahouses but have had enough of this site.

Walk down to the harbour early to see the sea lovely and calming.

Back up into the quiet town passed the Old Ship Pub

Bike out for a cold windy cycle down to the Courtyard Cafe at Beadnell.

Love the writing on th seat by the old kilns.

After lunch up to Bambrough to St Aiden’s Church  to see Grace Darlings grave.

Just outside the church door noticed this all I could find about it on the internet was.

As you can see the head stone has all the hallmarks of a pirate.  It has a very prominent skull and cross bones and there is what looks like a sword of the variety popularly assumed to be used by pirates and various other unusual paraphernalia.

Could it be a pirate?  It’s certainly possible and the gold earrings that pirates wore were in the hope that if they died in some foreign land, the locals would take pity on them and use the gold earring to pay for a simple Christian burial… despite their criminal activities.