May 2009

Last Updated:  30/07/09

 

We had no plan.  We just wanted to get away.  So, we packed a bag, left work at lunchtime on the Friday, got in the car, and just drove. 

 

This is the photographic evidence of where we ended up.  Sadly I have no proof of the hailstorm at Hadrian's Wall - you'll just have to trust me on that!

 



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Night 1: A pub somewhere oop north

(Somewhere beyond Whaley Bridge, in the Peak District)
Gorgeous scenery!

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2,557.45 KB Can you tell we're in our element? (if a little sleepy!)
A very smug Tom

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Sunset
Tom poses at the gates of Lyme Park

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Exploring the grounds of Lyme Park, Tom finds a snack!
The lake at Lyme Park (think Mr Darcy in the
Colin Firth version of Pride & Prejudice.  Mmmm.  Nice. 
Unfortunately, I couldn't persuade Tom to reproduce it.)

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Fol-de-rol

Troll Tom strikes again
In the Orangery at Lyme Park

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Me, looking generally unimpressed at all the pink
Tom eyes up another potential snack

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2,374.96 KB The Cage at Lyme Park
:)

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Tom heads to The Cage

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Tom with a Cagey Hat
Cave Time

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Caveman Tom.  Proof (if proof were needed) at last.
Getting ready to head underground. 
Can you tell I'm bricking it?  (Long story, but I got
lost in a cave system when I was younger, and have been rather
reluctant ever since to go underground!) 

 

Incidentally, why does Tom look so cool in his hat, and
I look like a pillock?

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Womble Tom
My idea of a nightmare: Lots of people, lots of caves

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Tom posing again, with his hat at a jaunty angle
Yeees.

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Mini stalactites (of the straw variety.  See, I was paying attention)
We stumbled across
The Enchanted Chocolate Mine, Kirkby Lonsdale
(http://www.chocolatemine.co.uk/entrance)

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Yes, we had to go into The Enchanted Chocolate Mine!!
Oooo... Tom makes a wish at The Enchanted Choclate Mine

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The mini well at The Enchanted Chocolate Mine
A very long, very straight road

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Can you tell I'm enjoying the long straight road??
Hadrian's wall

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Tom, quite happy to be at Hadrian's wall
Housesteads, Hadrian's Wall

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Sunshine, countryside, stuff to explore
Woop!
The facilities at Housesteads

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Monumental Tom
Monumental Adele

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A glimpse of Hadrian's Wall
Housesteads

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Tom arrives in Lancaster, well prepared for the weather
!

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The prison and courts in Lancaster
Ahem

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"You only need to start worrying if there's grass
growing up the middle of the road"

(can you tell Tom was navigating?)
Hmmmm

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