Castles and curlews
In welcome contrast to yesterday, this morning dawned gloriously sunny, and R and I went road-tripping. “That’s quite a lot of castles,” he said in response to my plan. “Are you sure you want to do all of them?” I … Continued
Hadrian’s Wall
We spent most of the day ‘doing’ Hadrian’s Wall, which neither of us had ever seen before, and which we both found really interesting. We began the day at Housesteads, a joint National Trust/ English Heritage site with a superb … Continued
Kielder Water
As we’re both still a bit shocked by the crash yesterday, and suffering some physical stiffness, it’s probably not a bad thing that we were confined to the cottage for most of the day by lack of transport; but it … Continued
Sibling rivalry
So how was your day? Ours was…. interesting. We were en route to Hadrian’s Wall this morning, when someone drove into our car and pretty much demolished both the driver’s side doors. Luckily we and the other driver were all … Continued
Greystead Institute
I’m not saying that I was hung over this morning, but I don’t think my blinding headache was wholly down to having eaten unwisely yesterday. Whatever, I’m happy to say that a very good breakfast at Flat White Cafe and … Continued