Unfortunately our long run of good weather appears to have come to an end and it is heavy overcast and occasional rain this morning as we push on up the west coast of Scotland. Still, how can we complain after the magnificent weather we have had so far. Heading up the road from where we stayed the night we stopped to do some grocery shopping in a Tesco Extra which we could have spent ages in as it had so much in the way of clothing and anything you could think of...

It was a dull day today as we headed off up the road. First stop was to Threave Castle which was constructed in the 14th century and was one of the many strongholds for the 'Black' Douglas clan. Now a days the island is a wildlife reserve and you can still get across to the ruin which is surrounded by water, by ringing a bell on the jetty to summon a ferryman. We opted to look at the castle from this side of the river and to visit the lookout for the Osprey (a hu...

A brilliant sky greeted us again as we headed towards Chesters Roman Fort and Hadrian's wall. What an amazing structure and all the forts and associated buildings that the Roman's build. They were so ahead of their time. Hadrian was a Roman Emperor who during a visit to the area in AD122 decided that a wall needed to be built to mark the northern part of their conquered land and to keep the Scots out. It was built over six years from AD122 to 128 and is 73 miles ...