Another name for Lindisfarne is the Holy Island. I’ve spent a week there on two separate occasions and look forward to returning. (Honestly, I’d like to retire there but fear I cannot afford it.)

The island is a tidal island, isolated from the mainland during high tides. That fact affects everything about the place. The economy caters to tourists – but no tourist can get there until the tide goes out. So everyone is laid back until the tide turns. And when the tourists leave and the tide comes back in – what an incredible feeling of enclosure, safety and peace.

I love the place.