Weather Report Dry, warm with long sunny periods. Telephoned the people who run the trips to the Farne Islands about 8AM and booked myself on the all day trip. Drove the two miles to Seahouses, parked and walked down to the quayside where I paid for my boat ticket and boarded the ship. Well small fishing boat would be more accurate. The islands are only a couple of miles offshore but we took the scenic route looking at cliffs, bird and seal colonies. After about an hour we landed on Staple Island where we were to stay for a couple of hours. Later we were picked up and ferried across to Inner Farne where we spent another two hours. The islands are famous for their bird and seal colonies although the seals are not so evident
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