Monday 30th August

We left Widnes and headed for the famed 'Lakes District' where we spent a couple of hours in Windemere. This may have just become my new favourite area. It's a quaint little place with dark stone buildings.


After enjoying a big lunch we went for a drive along the lake. The Lake area is a very popular place (especially in school holidays) with lots of sailboats, ski boats and sightseers.




We drove through several towns along the waters edge before the lake finally ended. we then came across the town of Kesswick where there is another stone circle that you can walk up to.


Our next stop was just over the border in Scotland at Gretna Green. We went to the 'Original Marriage House' where many couples crossed the border to elope. It was legal to get married at the blacksmiths shops here. It had become a very commercial area and the rest of the town was a let-down too so we headed back down towards England and Hadrian's Wall.


The wall was built by the Romans in AD122 and was 120km long and stretched from the west coast to the east coast. It was between 2 - 3 metres thick and up to 4.5 metres tall. There were many turrets, milecastles and forts along it and only took the soldiers 6 years to build. It particulary fascinated Geoff.