Hadrian's Wall

Friday was going home day so we packed up, squeezed it all into the car and headed off.  As we are now National Trust members, we decided we would make the most of our membership and headed over to Hadrian's Wall for a clamber.

It was a nice ride through Northumberland to our first stop Housesteads Roman Fort where there was plenty of clambering available, a little museum, a video and an opportunity for Tom to dress up as a Roman Soldier which is always a bonus.  The weather wasn't great - there were threatening clouds everywhere, but we were lucky and managed to stay dry.

Men on podiums

Lots of very old wall

We had a good clamber and a game of hide and seek around the fort (Jude we need you to bring these places to life for us - I am clueless!)  and then headed up and over the hills following the wall, looking for good photo opportunities.  It was pretty windy and our tummies were beginning to rumble, so we decided to head off in search of food.  We chose our timing well as the heavens opened as we left.  It wasn't too long before we found a pub, much to our luck and surprise as it was pretty empty in that area, we hadn't seen anything else for miles.  The clue was very much in the name though, the village was called Once Brewed and the pub in it was called Twice Brewed.  We ran in and found plenty of space for us, so we made ourselves at home.  Chicken curry for me, sausage and mash for the big boy and scampi for the little boy.  We all finished up.

Tom

The boys

It had finished raining, so we decided to have one more ramble and headed to Steel Rigg a good view point for the wall.  We walked to the top of a hill, but saw a black cloud approaching so did a U-turn after taking a couple of pics and headed back to the car, we got there just in time.

We then headed back home, unpacked, then Tom and I repacked as we are off to London tomorrow.