Rothbury With May Blossom woods Cushions of Sea Pinks or

Cushions of Sea Pinks or Thrift are a familiar and welcome sight on cliffs

Beadnell is now a favourite holiday spot

to protect against mechanical and light damage

Because while people are watching the puffins

Whatever its original purpose

Rothbury With May Blossom woods Cushions of Sea Pinks orEach year in May the hedgerows of Rothbury are transformed into a froth of flowers when the hawthorn blossom appears. The grassy verges are a lacework of strident cow parsley, and dotted with more modest flowers like stitchwort, celandines and campion. The landscape is a patchwork of greens of every shade and hue more varieties of green than seems possible. It's always a beautiful, uplifting sight to see the village gently nestled in the valley below,