How we make it
How Bairns & Beaches is made
A short, honest account of where the information comes from, how we check it, and how AI is involved.
Where the information comes from
Events come from the organiser's or venue's own page wherever we can find one, and from established listings such as Visit Northumberland. Each event in The Northumbrian Almanac has two links: one to the organiser, where you can book or register, and one to the page where we checked the date and time. Seasonal notes and local knowledge link to the source for each fact.
Holy Island crossing times
The safe crossing times for the Holy Island causeway are copied exactly as Northumberland County Council publishes them, month by month. We never estimate or calculate them, we say plainly when a month has not been published, and every page links to the council's own page. Always check the council's official times and the signs at the causeway before you cross; times can change and the tide can be affected by weather.
How we check it
- We only list an event when we can find its date on a page we can name.
- If a price, time or age guide is not published, we leave it blank rather than guess.
- Every weather call links to the forecast it came from.
- Some seasonal facts cite reference sites such as Wikipedia where an official page was not available, and each one says so through its link.
How AI is involved
We use AI tools to help research, spell check and give tips on each edition, the guides and the calendar. No invented events, it comes from our own experience or a source is verified from trusted local sources for every claim.
Updates and corrections
Editions go out on Fridays and Sundays and the calendar is refreshed every week, with past events removed. If you spot a mistake, tell us on the contact page and we will fix it.
Money
Bairns & Beaches is free. There are no adverts, sponsored listings or affiliate links today. If that ever changes, we will say so here and mark anything paid for.
Photos
Our own photos are our own. Where we use someone else's, it is a photo published under an open licence (Creative Commons or public domain), mostly through Wikimedia Commons and the Geograph project, and each one carries a caption naming the photographer, the licence and a link to the original. If we have credited something wrongly, or you would rather your photo was not here, tell us on the contact page and we will fix it quickly.
Staying safe
The tide on this coast comes in quickly across flat sand. Never cross to Holy Island outside the council's safe times, check a tide table before walking out to rocks, islands or the far end of a beach, and carry what you need for the day in the Cheviots, where the weather can change fast. Nothing in the guide replaces the advice of the organiser, the National Park, the council or the emergency services. In an emergency at the coast, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.