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Day 10. Howick: A Mad Search

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Oh, dear, poor Rachel. If she'd known what the morning held for us she may well have stayed in bed or gone off in a different direction to me! I had been delving into the St Oswald's Way guide book and discovered that along the Howick stretch of the walk was the site of a Mesolithic settlement. I suggested to Rachel that we could visit there in the morning and then return north to the lovely Craster to Dunstanborough Castle walk in the afternoon. The day was warm but slightly overcast as we set off.  Googlee maps, my trusty friend, gave me a clear indication of the Howick site. We drove down the coast. In my excitement I misread the entry in the Guidebook. I was expecting to see evidence of the original settlement, there is a photo of the 'tepee' shaped round house in the book. I did not note that this was a reconstruction! We arrived at a strip of wild car park on a track leading to a farm, just a few metres back from the cliff edge overlooking the sea. Googlee maps cl