I'll check the tides and go out there sometime this summer

Go there tomorrow, WAV - you are Walkaboutsverse, so you must walk. If the tide's in, head North along the cliffs to Seaton Sluice where on a clear day you can see The Cheviot Hills from the top of Sandy Island. Chances are the King's Arms will serve you chips and mead before the next leg of the walk - inland, up-river, to the romantic ruins of Starlight Castle...

Unless you get involved in a dispute about who's responsible for their upkeep!Now that can really make you sic

Likewise when the Land Registry put their red pen marks in the wrong place on the property plans giving said village neighbour the idea that the fence is in the wrong place. Yup - it's your Great British Boundary Dispute, one of the real Traditional Pastimes of Village Life. The only time in my life when I've come close to actually hating someone. Not good.