Having really enjoyed Mull with S.O.C., Mum and I organised a few days paddling in Northumbria with Kim Bull. The first and second days we spent in Amble harbour, learning skills in the enclosed sheltered space. I was a bit nervous so we didn’t actually leave the harbour shelter. Kim unfortunately had hurt his knee so these were the only days we got to paddle, whilst we re-arranged a few more days in August for when he’d recovered. Instead we went fossil hunting and walking along the Northumbrian and Scottish border coast.

We visited St. Abbs, Siccar point, Howick bay and Cullernose point.