Despite its appearance as a hotel there is a little lacking in this place of rest. Alan got out of bed, which feels like it’s made of cardboard, during the night and it shook so much Angela thought it was an earthquake. The toilet is blocked but we have managed to get the tv on - important because we have some free time today but can’t leave the compound. Today we trekked on Huangyaguan which means ‘Yellow Cliff’, named after the little yellow flowers ...

We got up for a later breakfast. The fare was much the same as previous day's except that today we had the most amazing home made bread. It was part pancake, part muffin and Angela led a Western revolt were we ate them, not with traditional Chinese accompaniments, but with peanut butter and chocolate spread. There is a limit to how many fried eggs and salted vegetables she can take. Today’s trek was on a more tourist friendly part of the wall. A fair bit of r...