Sunday, April 12, 2009

Climbing up the walls

After Glasgow we visited Edinburgh and took a tour of the town sites. Whilst there is a great rivalry between the two cities they are very different in so many ways. We then drove down to the Lakes District, crossing the Scottish/English border, and stayed in Carlisle where we went to the Saturday market and indulged in some of the great multicultural food - I ate Polish and Sharon ate Indian. The next day, after seeing Carlisle Castle, we headed for Hadrian's Wall which we climbed at the Fort Birdos point after driving along the length of the wall for quite a few miles. We then headed south to the Lakes District and had a lovely lunch at Talkin Tarn which we eventually walked around viewing the native wildlife. This was followed by a drive to Penrith to observe Arthur's Round Table - a neolithic henge - not the wooden round table of legend. We then visited Brougham Castle (after crossing an ancient bridge with the sign - Warning, Weak Bridge) before settling in for the evening. All in all, a very scenic and peaceful Easter Sunday driving around some beautiful countryside.

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