September 4 - 5

We went from the Travelodge to Beverley where we visited Beverley Minster, then we moved on to Market Washington. In York we walked along the wall to the minster; after York we went on to the amazing ruins of Fountains Abbey. In Durham we walked along the river and visited the extraordinary cathedral; in the Durham Waitrose we found bottles of Rutherglen Estates' Durif - it was delicious.

Stayed at Washington Travelodge.

5 Sep

First stop was Hexham Abbey and market, then it was on to Housesteads and Hadrian’s Wall. Unfortunately the weather was pretty dismal: wet, but not too cold, thankfully. The rest of the day was spent visiting Jedburgh, Dryburgh and Melrose Abbeys.

Stayed at Melrose YHA.