From what I've read in the book and seen on the internets, this little islet ("Holy Island" aka Lindisfarne) sounds intriguing. It almost sounds a bit like an English version of Mont St Michel - but presumably without the crush of tourists.
Yeah, I know it's not exactly the same - there's no magnificent abbey crowning the pinnacle. But there's (apparently) a ruined castle on a hill which looks spiffy from a distance, and an old ruined priory in the town. Twice a day, the tide cuts it off from the mainland and it becomes a true island for a few hours.
That sounds pretty charming, and I'm inclined to spend a part of a day there. We will be passing by anyway, enroute from Durham to Edinburgh, so we wouldn't have to go too far out of way to check it out. I figure if we get there and decide the place stinks, we can always just flee back across the causeway to the mainland (until it floods...) and continue on to Edinburgh. But it sounds potentially interesting.
Been there? What did you think? Worth a part of a day on a busy trip? Worth an overnight? Thanks for any input.