Very lovely to be here at Fellside in Daddry Shield, visiting Juli and Nick!
I arrived last night to be ushered, quiet promptly, to a St Georges Country Dance in the next hamlet along (St John's Chapel). After much dancing, pie and peas, we finally collapsed after a busy week at work, all wondering if the exercise from the dancing may have actually knackered us all out for the weekend ahead!
This morning was bright, if a bit cloudy, and the view out of the window was spectacular! Juli and Nick's house has an amazing position in the valley and the views are immense! After cups of tea, juice, croissants with bacon, egg and tomato, and coffee, we were off for the day.
We had arranged to drive up to Steel Riggs to have a walk along Hadrian's Wall and see "that Prince of Thieves" tree. It was bright and breezy as we set off, lots of people out enjoying the spring weather. Everything seems to be a bit behind here, so the lambs are still babies and the daffodils are just coming out in force!
We followed the wall up and down the gradients of the terrain, passing everyone from hardcore climbers, to walkers with speakers blaring out music?!?!? There were lots of great photo opportunities along the way, including "the tree" and climbers caribenas. At the end of a small forest (1.5 miles point, and beautiful farm) we took to the path back along the other side of the wall, seeing the same views from different vantage points.
What a jolly lovely walk we had by the time we got back to car park, and worked up an appetite for Nick's great sandwiches. As we sat and ate we had entertainment of watching climbers race up the wall, and a remote control areoplane flying over head. We just had enough time to stop off for a cream tea on our way home at a local farm shop (Brockbushes) - bliss!
I'll upload the photo's when I get home from our sponsored walk tomorrow - wish us luck!
Love Iona x
365milesin365days@googlemail.com
I arrived last night to be ushered, quiet promptly, to a St Georges Country Dance in the next hamlet along (St John's Chapel). After much dancing, pie and peas, we finally collapsed after a busy week at work, all wondering if the exercise from the dancing may have actually knackered us all out for the weekend ahead!
This morning was bright, if a bit cloudy, and the view out of the window was spectacular! Juli and Nick's house has an amazing position in the valley and the views are immense! After cups of tea, juice, croissants with bacon, egg and tomato, and coffee, we were off for the day.
We had arranged to drive up to Steel Riggs to have a walk along Hadrian's Wall and see "that Prince of Thieves" tree. It was bright and breezy as we set off, lots of people out enjoying the spring weather. Everything seems to be a bit behind here, so the lambs are still babies and the daffodils are just coming out in force!
We followed the wall up and down the gradients of the terrain, passing everyone from hardcore climbers, to walkers with speakers blaring out music?!?!? There were lots of great photo opportunities along the way, including "the tree" and climbers caribenas. At the end of a small forest (1.5 miles point, and beautiful farm) we took to the path back along the other side of the wall, seeing the same views from different vantage points.
What a jolly lovely walk we had by the time we got back to car park, and worked up an appetite for Nick's great sandwiches. As we sat and ate we had entertainment of watching climbers race up the wall, and a remote control areoplane flying over head. We just had enough time to stop off for a cream tea on our way home at a local farm shop (Brockbushes) - bliss!
I'll upload the photo's when I get home from our sponsored walk tomorrow - wish us luck!
Love Iona x
365milesin365days@googlemail.com
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