Exploring Amble Quayside

Amble, for the unitiated is a small fishing harbour town around half way'ish up the Northumberland coast. It has many charms and has been a holiday destination for Shirley since childhood and has remained the same for us both with our own children over the last thirty years.

While some of the quay and harbour has been gentrified over time, it retains its full heritage, personality making it a regular haunt for us ... visiting many times for sea, food and fun as well.

Why - well there is too much to offer in one post and one suspects that we will return both physically and literarily to this plesant town many times via this site. Today, its late July 2020 and while an overcast with occasional spells of liquid sunshine was worth the effort. We pottered along the jetty, following the Coquet river mouth - watching boats, fishermen, anglers and humanity enjoy the ambiance. 

Our ultimate plan was a lunchtime, fishy treat courtesy of Quayside Fish n' Chip shop - which has been there for time immemorial (or so it would seem for us). Nothing imaginative, fish+chips a la mode and some scampi for our daughter ... it was wonderful. Here you avoid rip off seaside prices, excellent quality and super prompt - even during the week. This was followed by an equally great coffee, at one of the 'harbour pods' ... again, great - sufficient and a great completer to a nice local lunch. 

So many offer 'the best' Fish n' Chips in etc or best Chippy awards 20xx ... none of this exists here, the food is simply offered, simply served and excellently received.