We visited the island a couple of years back after driving past many times on the way to Scotland. We went around the abbey, but didn't go up to the castle as it was closed. The ruins are pretty enough. I guess it doesn't count as urbex when it's an official monument :) We bought some mead for a friend from the shop there and had a meal at the restaurant on the mainland. We did check the tides and had plenty of time. We may have to return when the castle is open, but our son is not generally impressed by ruins. He complained we spent too long in Pompeii.
Kids generally are not interested in history, that comes as we get older. I was just the same.
Not Urbex, but it was not branded as such. We did the abbey too, or is it a priory?.., not sure if that is worth a post by itself. I have some more snaps.
Did you taste the mead? That's something from the middle ages. Some of the buildings on Lindisfarne are ancient, that priory being one of them.
I meant urbex for me as I don't generally do it :) Been around plenty of ruins.
Sipped some mead, but not that into it. They had it at the beer festival, but expensive.
I imagine it to be thick, treacly and sickly. Close?
I think so. It obviously didn't make a big impression. Our friend who looks after the cat generally gets some form of booze from our travels.