A BIN lorry edges gingerly across the narrow causeway until the driver sees the North Sea lapping around his wheels and thinks better of continuing his journey. Wisely, he waits until the water has…
"That's not what happens at all. What they do is set out across the
However, sometimes the dad of two will set off from his home on the mainland at midnight because the tide isn't in his favour.put out to sea," he says. "It's a tough life but I wouldn't have it any other way. My grandad was a fisherman here so it's a big part of"This is an amazing place. We live our life by the tides and that's alright by us.
"They even took the wooden trellis from behind my roses on the side of the house - what would they want with that?" "I didn't leave the island until I was 13 years old and never once felt that I'd missed out on anything." The nearest McDonald's is 13 miles away in Berwick and it's 60 miles to Newcastle for the nearest TGI Fridays or Waitrose.There is a GP, although his surgery is on the mainland at Belford and the island doesn't have a manned fire or police station.
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