A Lady in a Van

Monday 15th May

The first wet day! Still managed a trip around the shops of Hawick after a quiet night in the carpark. A jewelers has a wonderful mechanical clock above the door, slightly out of sync, three horses are ridden round a track to represent the ride which takes place each June.

Sunday 14th May

We noticeboard the darkness last night as we were parked in a pub carpark with no lights. It was amazing, we must try to camp longer in a dark site. Eventually took the correct road to Craster, and bought a kipper for lunch. The sea was much calmer, bring due

Saturday 13th May

Moving on from Alnwick Rugby Club today, not to avoid the County match scheduled for this afternoon, but is time to move. Had a nice drive through some spectacular countryside to Wooler. A quaint market town with nearly all it's carparking spots taken by guests at a large wedding. But

Friday 12th May

A chance conversation with fellow campers in the rugby club bar guided us to Wallington, because they have red squirrels. Our SATNAV had a problem with the new Morpeth bypass, but a complete chicken of a roundabout soon put us on the right road. The weather today is back to

Thursday 11th May

Alnwick day out. One of the reasons for staying her was to visit the gardens. I thought it was at one time a physic garden, so I was really keen to see a large variety of plants used for medicinal purposes. I was wrong, but we did have a 2

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