Seafood, North Sea views, a brilliant castle and the waft of smoking kippers permeate this lovely saunter
Imagine building a castle and visiting it only once. That is the fate that befell Thomas, the second Earl of Lancaster, in the case of Dunstanburgh Castle on the Northumberland coast. He was executed when he was in his mid-40s, the year that the castle was completed – exactly 700 years ago – after he’d led a force of powerful barons in an uprising against his cousin Edward II.
On his retreat to Dunstanburgh, he fought the Battle of Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire, lost, was taken prisoner and beheaded. Continue reading...
