Dunstanburgh ...

We walked from Craster to Dunstanburgh before the rain - 

The first of the Alnwick Harriers ran past us - 

Lean girls loped over the grass towards the sea -  

The castle was a reef of dark stone - 

Broken towers overlooked the rocky shore - 

I climbed the winding stair of the gate house tower - 

The wind blew against my face - 

I heard kittiwakes calling from their cliffside nests - 

The bailey was overgrown with waist high grass - 

I gazed out over the sea from my high place - 

Clouds cast prayerful shadows upon the waves - 

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Sunday 24 July 2016

Dunstanburgh 

Northumbria