But, Goswick isn't actually as tricky as it looks. Phonetically, it's written as /ˈɡɒsɪk/ – a short, hard 'o' sound followed by a clipped 'ick,' with the 'w' silent in everyday speech. The main stumbling block for outsiders is simply the instinct to pronounce the 'w,' turning a straightforward two-syllable word into something clunkier than it needs to be. Goswick is a small hamlet on the Northumberland coast, tucked between the A1 and the North Sea a few miles south-east of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The name is best known locally for two things: its championship links golf course, Goswick Golf Club, founded in 1890 and designed by the legendary course architect James Braid, and Goswick Sands, a vast, dune-backed beach popular with walkers tackling the Northumberland Coastal Path.