Rob & Liz's Blessed Adventures

We have visited some more very interesting places in the past 2 days. Yesterday we left our site at Stockton-on-Tees and headed to see the Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum. This was our choice to try and see some of Hadrian’s Wall before leaving England.   The wall stretched across the country Model of what was here The museum was pretty cool with lots of display of items that had been found while the old fort was being excavated. The fort was at the far eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall, and is interestingly called “Walls End” 😊   Part of what's left of the wall. The ruin area is quite large and while there is no actual buildings still standing the locations of the buildings are outlined with stones. There is only a small part of the wall left, but it was cool to actually see it. From there we headed off, left England and crossed back into Scotland.  Our destination was the lovely town of Melrose. Our van park was right...

What an amazing day. We left Glasgow and headed south. Our first stop was Gretna Green, and the Famous Blacksmith Shop. This was pretty cool. The maze from above Lots of history regarding English couples dashing over the border to Scotland so that they could marry before the age of 21. In the maze Meet and kiss. We wandered around the Courtship Maze and were lucky enough to meet at the bridge. 😊 We headed past the Love Lock display and then into the blacksmith shop museum to see the display. There was a group in one of the chapels having their photos taken. All dressed up in Halloween style dress. Not sure if they were renewing their vows or getting married, but it was pretty interesting. No photos as we though they might thin’ it was a bit rude. Carlisle  Castle Carlisle cathedral Impressive stained glass windows Our next stop was to Carlisle to visit the Cathedral there. After a bit of a dummy spit by me becaus...

Today we left the highlands and ventured south towards Glasgow. Officially the highlands end after Loch Lomand. We did stop and a for a bit and admire the huge Loch and took a few pictures. Loch Lomand The drive is very special through the huge Glen with mountains on both sides with snow capped tops. The scenery and roads change markedly with dual carriage ways towards the end of Loch Lomand. It like living in civilization again. The journey into Glasgow is very different just like driving into Sydney or whatever very large city. Found Dr Who as well We took a trio via the city to try to find some tourist info, well that wasn't clever so we quickly exited to find our van park and sort out stuff from there. We took stock and then decided to head towards the Fallkirk Wheel and the Kelpies. Saw a cute little squirrel running around the park and up a tree. Loved the fluffy tail and the scampering around they do. Well, we were fortunate that the wheel was in...