England and Wales - Day 28

We left the site and drove to the Hadrian's Wall Discovery Centre to meet Grant. We had a look in the centre and went up onto the roof.

We then went on a circular walk, first heading east along Hadrian's Wall.

Mile Stations and Sycamore Gap.

After we started to head west again, we visited the museum and dig site at Vindolanda.

On returning to the starting point we said goodbye to Grant and headed home. We stopped at Tesco in Carlisle on the way.

England and Wales - Day 27

We walked down into Hexham, a couple of miles away. Grant was coming to meet us in the afternoon so we spent the morning pottering around town.

We went into the cathedral, including the crypt.

Lunch was in Greggs.

We met up with Grant, and he drove us to go for a circular walk incorporating Chesters Roman Fort.

There was one single stretch of Hadrian's wall there.

We dropped Grant's car off back at his B&B and went out for dinner, at the Forum Wetherspoon's pub. We both had burgers, Grant had a pulled chicken burger.

We also went for drinks at the Heart of Northumberland and the Station Inn where Grant is staying. We got a taxi back to the site.

England and Wales - Day 26

We left Bourne after breakfast and headed north. We stopped at Harrogate for some lunch and provisions at Asda, then drove on the the campsite at Hexham Racecourse.

Dinner was pasta and sauce.

England and Wales - Day 25

Lots of the wedding party had breakfast at Monty's Bar on the site before leaving.

We went back to Jenny's house in Bourne.

In the afternoon we went for a walk down to the Wellhead in town, and had a pint outside at Smiths. It was still very hot.

Later we had salad for dinner back at the house.

England and Wales - Day 24

The wedding of Shirley's niece Ali to Gary is at Woodland Waters venue, just outside Sleaford. We drove there with Phyllis in the morning. We had booked a double room so not staying in the campervan.

The weather was great for the wedding and everybody had a great time.

England and Wales - Day 23

We took William the dog for a short walk in the morning. Jenny had made us steak pie for lunch.

Shirley's other sister Phyllis arrived from Eastbourne with Gordon's sister Christine.

Jenny, Gordon and Christine went off to the stay the night at the wedding venue for tomorrow. The rest of us stayed and had quiche, pork pie and salad for dinner.

England and Wales - Day 22

In the morning we made friends with a cat at the rugby club.

We left the site and drove into Coventry. We had phoned the council for parking suggestions and they said we should use the coach park as long as we didn't park near the coaches. It was deserted and stayed that way all day!

We walked to the cathedrals, the bombed-out old one and its modern replacement.

We saw the law court buildings that Shirley had worked in back in the 80s.

Further out is Bristol Road, where Shirley owned a house when she lived here.

We had a big lunch at KFC in the centre, then drove on to Bourne in Lincolnshire to Shirley's sister Jenny's house.

Later we had some pizza for dinner.