Looking across to picturesque Alnmouth from Church Hill on the coast of Northumberland in North East England.
Church Hill is located on the south side of the River Aln and is surmounted by a wooden cross.
It was once part of Alnmouth itself and the parish church stood on the west side of the hill.
That all changed however, during a violent storm back in 1806.
The North Sea broke through and the course of the River Aln found a new and shorter route to the sea with the hill effectively becoming cut off from the village.
I did once attempt to cross the River Aln to Church Hill at low tide (I'd heard it could be done!).
However, finding the mud in the river becoming worryingly deeper and not entirely sure of the veracity of accounts of a safe crossing, I gave up.
I eventually reached the hill from a much longer route from the south.
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