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- Dec 6, 2023, 10:09pm
- ☁️ 2 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- England Hornby Hornby Castle 54.111532, -2.63229654°6’42” N 2°37’56” W
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Day 94
Roman around the countryside
December 6, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
This morning we said goodbye to our Newcastle accommodation and headed east towards the great northern wall, none other than Hadrian's Wall! We picked around the middle of the wall as there was a Roman fort and museum there, but once we got there we found out that it was closed... It was very sad to see.

Fortunately for us, today was the first day of blue skies and sun in England that we've had in a while, so we decided to walk part of the wall. It was a toasty 4°C and the sun was shining brightly and there wasn't a breeze. We walked past Roman ruins, sheep, frozen mud and puddles for about 45 minutes until we decided to turn around and start heading back. It was very peaceful, and a lovely way of getting our daily steps in. Thanks Emperor Hadrian for such a lovely wall, I'm sure that it was effective at keeping the Picts out!

After making our way back to the car, we drove to a nearby town to grab a coffee and a scone, then bought some supplies for the evening and got back on our way to head to our accommodation.

The road had us go between the Lake District and North Pennines nature preserve, which was a beautiful drive. The hills and mountains loomed in the distance, and the tops were all still covered in snow. We're hoping we get a chance to come back up and explore some of the area before we head too far south!

Eventually we made it to the town near our accommodation and stopped briefly at the Lidl to grab some more groceries before heading to our dingy little hut.

Did I say say dingy little hut? I meant to say castle!!! (Or at least, part of one.) It was pitch black when we pulled in so we have no clue what our accommodation looks like. I'm sure we'll have photos to share tomorrow.

Once we got in and situated, we put together one of the few appropriate meals when you're in a castle: a charcuterie board! (And if you're looking at the photo, NO we didn't eat it all, there's plenty for tomorrow... And potentially the next day.)

We spent the rest of the evening doing some more planning for our trip before heading to our much upgraded bed!

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Traveler I’m loving your adventures. What was the name of the town or village where you stayed ? I’m very happy you’re enjoying our north east 😘😘
12/6/23Reply
Traveler So when we were in Newcastle we stayed in the Grand Hotel Gosforth Park, and now we're at Hornby castle 😁
12/7/23Reply
Traveler Ahhh I remember …. Now 😀 xx
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- Dec 7, 2023, 10:28pm
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- England Hornby Hornby Castle 54.11153, -2.63230754°6’42” N 2°37’56” W
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Day 95
Royal respite
December 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
I believe today marked the start of some very boring updates, dear readers!

We awoke in our castle, enjoyed some tea and some freshly baked bread which was dropped off by our lovely bnb host, drank some more tea before heading out for a walk to see our castle grounds and the adjourning small town of Hornby.

Our accommodation is buildings attached to the main keep of the castle - so we aren't staying in a castle per se, but it's close enough.

After doing 2 laps of the 'quaint' (tiny) town we decided we needed to find a walking path if we even wanted to consider hitting our 10k step goal, so we found a public path that took us through some private farms before turning around and getting absolutely drenched in the rain.

We made our way back after hitting the step goal and enjoyed watching Shaun of the Dean before finishing off the charcuterie leftovers from yesterday.

Step count: 11.6kRead more
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12/7/23Reply
Traveler Lucky there is a sign telling you it's a path ! I would have just thought it was a gap in the wall
12/7/23Reply
Traveler We ended up turning around because we were in the middle of a paddock with no signs of where to go - luckily we did because it started raining as soon as we turned back. Legally walking on people's property is so strange
12/7/23Reply
Traveler All you will remember about England will be MUD 😂xxx
12/7/23Reply
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- Dec 8, 2023, 9:52pm
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- England Hornby Hornby Castle 54.111532, -2.63229554°6’42” N 2°37’56” W
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Day 96
Just the one swan actually...
December 8, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Today was our day to explore part of the UK's lake district. We had a coffee and left for the hour drive into the hills.

First up was the nice little town of Ambleside. This town contains a 17th century house built on a bridge over a river to avoid the town's land tax. Very cheeky!

After walking around the town for a little while, we continued up the road to the lakeside town of Keswick, where we took a walk to Friars Crag, a view that overlooks the lake. It was lovely and peaceful, and considering the rainy weather, we had great visibility of the lake.

After another coffee the next stop was Aira Force Waterfall, an impressively big waterfall. While it was a lovely area with a great view, it was also annoyingly busy considering the time of year and the weather, so we didn't spend too long there.

Finally, on the way back to our accommodation, we took a lovely road that was on the edge of the lake Ullswater. At some points the lake was only a few metres from the road. It was very impressive! (And lucky that the road hasn't flooded...)

Once we were home we relaxed a while before making up the third and final charcuterie leftovers for dinner while watching the legendary movie: Hot Fuzz!

Step count: 10.1kRead more
Traveler Love the Lake district one of my fav in UK, land of Enid Blyton, Al, Ros and I spent a frozen NYE at Lake Windermere, snow everywhere, icicles off bare branches, and we breakfasted, looking out on frozen lake, watching swan waddling up towards us it was like an animated olde english Xmas card
12/8/23Reply
Traveler That was a beautiful time Jen xxx
12/8/23Reply
Traveler That sounds great, we enjoyed a toasty 8°C today, didn't even need a beanie!
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- Dec 9, 2023, 11:05pm
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- England Hornby Hornby Castle 54.111533, -2.63233254°6’42” N 2°37’56” W
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Day 97
A broken streak
December 9, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
This morning started off slow, listening to the rain pouring while we had our morning drinks. Eventually we decided to go and check out a nearby town and its large antiques (/junk) collection, we were in there for quite a while, the store had many interesting things, some of it even for good prices! With backpack space in mind we decided not to get anything.

With the weather having a temporary pause in showers, we saw that the town of Ingleton also had a waterfall trail, so we drove over there in the hope of seeing it. To our disappointment we realised that it was going to cost £10 each for the privilege of hiking the 3 miles round trip. (Which we definitely weren't prepared for anyway)

Instead we walked around the town centre for a little while before deciding that we would head back to the castle (you know, our current accommodation!) and walk to the local pub for a late lunch/early dinner.

We got back to the rain and wind back in full force, and waited a bit to see if it would let up... Which it didn't. So we donned our wet weather gear and walked to the local pub. Which was a 400 metre walk from the castle.

After eating a nice meal, having a pint, and listening to the locals talk about... Well we're not quite sure... We again braved the weather to head back to the accommodation (no afternoon walk for us without getting blown away or drowned)

We spent the rest of the afternoon resting since there wasn't much else we could do. At one point the roof sprang a leak which we had to deal with using pots and pans. Other than that it was a mostly uneventful evening!

Step count: 7.7k
The first day that we haven't hit at least 10,000 steps. It was bound to happen with the weather getting worse. 96 days in a row. Not a bad innings!Read more
Traveler Wow that's a lot of ordnance. All certified as inert!!
12/9/23Reply
Traveler Nice pub
12/9/23Reply
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