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So its been a few days.....

Friday was (once again) another night of too many ales...but this time, it was in lovely Alston..not Derby, as per usual.  Turns out our wigwam tent place had experienced high wind volumes and had some wreckage on their farm...which is sad, because then we didn't get to wigwam it up.  Instead though, I scrambled to find a different place to stay last minute and we ended up in Alston...about 30 minutes from where we wanted to be but SO GORGEOUS of a place that it really wasn't even close to awful at all.  (I finally uploaded all of my pictures so those will be coming soon).


ANYWAY.  We headed up to Hadrian's Wall (about 3.5 hours north) area to meet up with John and Carol.  After getting lost a couple of times, we finally found them at Vindolanda, an old Roman fort that is currently in the process of being excavated (for the past 20 years is what i mean by current..turns out just about anybody can sign up to participate in the excavations when they are happening, which is pretty awesome).

But it was gorgeous up there, in the whole area.  I kept thinking about how wonderful it would be to hole up in a cottage or farmhouse out there and escape from the world...

Hadrian's Wall is a HUGE Roman wall built in 112 AD that spans across the northern half of the UK (almost right below Scotland)  and was built in only 6 years (WHOA) and a lot of it is still remaining. They have hiking trails and such that you can walk along the wall, and a bunch of little villages along the way that are all so cute and quaint.

(to be continued...I have to go get out laundry and go to bed soon)