Took a day trip to Hadrian's Wall today. It is about an hours drive from Wigton, which is our home base until we come home. Took lots of great pictures today. So many, in fact, that the camera battery finally died and we had to come home and charge it back up! Stopped for lunch at the Twice Brewed Inn, which is located near a village called Once Brewed. Don't know the story on this one. Maybe that's a good thing. On the way home, we made a quick stop at the Lanercost Priory, a 12th century church. Took a few more pictures (this is where the camera finally died) and then headed back to Wigton. Cooked on the BBQ tonight, a first here in the UK. Probably the last too, as the weather is predicted to deteriorate by Saturday. One positive thing about the UK though - the weather report changes day to day!!! What can be a prediction of rain can turn totally opposite in less than 24 hours. So, here's hoping!
Tomorrow we will head to Whitehaven for the day, while Kari and Chad head to Carlisle to watch the new Harry Potter movie, which opens tomorrow. Guess I don't need to tell Harry Potter fans that though, do I? Whitehaven is a coastal port village. Will just look around for the day. Plans to visit the home of Beatrix Potter (is everyone here named Potter??) have been nixed due to some wise person's decision to close it on Fridays. Glad we realized that before heading all the way over there! Hopefully, we will be able to do that on Saturday.
So on we go. We seem to still be doing a lot of walking in spite of the fact that the hike is over. In fact, I hiked about 1/4 mile this evening to the liquor store to buy a couple of bottles of my precious Kappaberra Cider. Tonight's flavor was Strawberry-Lime. Totally worth hiking another 1/2 mile for! Ha ha. Only difference is, tonight it was in flip flops. :)
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