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We walked along a small section of Hadrian’s wall, built in AD122. It was awesome to see so many of the original stones still in place. We also saw the foundations of some of the forts. They had small ones every mile or so and then larger ones at greater intervals. We had fun trying to work out what the rooms would have been. I always get a profound sense of our place in history when I visit ancient places. I tried to imagine what it would have felt like for a sun loving Roman soldier to have been placed up here in Britannia; the cold, the wind, the rain the grey sky… I imagined their sandalled feet walking the same paths we were. And I was grateful to be going back to our tent and a cup of tea! People were much tougher in those days.

This is what I love about camping!

My four… so grown up. On a search for The Shambles.

York still has most of its original mediaeval city walls intact. It was fun to be able to peep into lots of beautifully kept gardens as we walked around. Also a couple of pics of York Minster.

We headed up north for our holiday and first stop was the beautiful city of York. The first pic is the museum, the second is the ruins of the medieval abbey. This was built before York Minster and presumably demolished by Henry VIII. It is vast. The third is a fascinating section of wall. The lower part is Roman, built in second century AD. You can see the red brick which apparently is often found in Roman buildings. Above it is the “younger” medieval castle/fortified building. You can see a roundish bit where the stone is different. We guessed this might have been where it was attacked.

Some big pots of food to take camping. Having to think of more creative ways to eat the abundance of corgettes at this time of year. Any ideas?

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