Spent 3 nights in Carlisle. Was a reasonably sized town & a great spot to use as a base for day trips.
Thought I'd also jot down this tasty meal we made out of a strange mix of cheap ingredients from TESCO.
MACKERAL CURRY STIRFRY
(Makes 2 serves)
1 capsicum
1 carrot
1 can Hot Chilli Mackeral
2 mushrooms
2 pkts curry flavoured instant noodles
2tsp Hot Sauce (Tabasco)
Fry up the vegetables, hard ones first, mushrooms last. then add mackeral, hot sauce & cooked noodles. Wash down with the cheapest cold beer you can find.
Visited Carlisles war memorial which is held in a park where cows roam to keep the grass down.
Checked out Carlisle Castle which is packed with history due to it being so close to the border of Scotland. Great visit, wish I took more pictures.
Got a cheap (but REAL chewy) steak & pint for 7.95 pound for dinner. It filled a hole.
One of the days we walked 15km along Hadrians Wall from Housesteads Fort to Greenhead. The sun was out & we managed to get a bit burnt, however the wind also wanted to display its power y spending the whole day blowing straight into our faces at around 40km/h. Was a great day though & the bus driver on the AD122 was super helpful, leting us know how we could wal a mile to the next town rather than wait an hour for the bus to do it's loop.
Got back to our hostel, someone managed to eat all of our Cruncy Nut cereal (half a fucking box!) which we were saving for breakfast.
Julia really wanted to go visit Beatrix Potters house in Hilltop, however with public transport it was looking to take like 3 hours each way to get there! Plus I believe the connections were something like train-bus-ferry-bus... So we hired a car instead for the same price. Got to the car-hire joint & because we didn't pay online the reservation got cancelled, so we spent an hour looking or another cheap car hire (enterprise UK) & walking the wrong direction because i'm a goose! In the end we got a new Ford Focus for about 24 pound overnight. Was great to drive with plenty of power, steering was a bit heavy though.
Followed our Here Maps app to Hilltop, terrible idea. Ended up driving down these skinny roads with trees encroaching on both sides. After a few swear words we made it. Serene rolling hills cascade around Hilltop & Ms. Potters property with the clasic veggie patch, spade & egg for all the fans of the book.
Was unaware of Beatrix's artistic talent; there were some large canvas paintings in her cottage that were just awesome. Turns out the old lass was pretty entreprenuerial too, owning 15 of her own farms.
Took the car to Keswick where we sunk a few pints, ate at this quiet hotel because the popular pubs were full & booked out. Only other couple n the hotel were these old dears whom sounded like what my grandparents would have sounded when they were travelling! We couldn't help but laugh when they were quite put out by the fact that the hotel did not have any trifle available for desert! You'll be pleased to know that they ended up settling for the vanilla & strawberry icecream.
Spent the night at Keswick YHA, which is right on the Derwent River, fell asleep to the calming sound of water rushing over stones.
Keswick is the home of the Derwent pencil!
Dropped the car back of at Carlisle today via a much less arduous route and now we are on he train to Whitehaven. Train is chugging along the coast slowly, offering us scenery of the Irish sea & a swath of Wind Turbines.
Staying at Glenfield B&B tonight.
Thought I'd also jot down this tasty meal we made out of a strange mix of cheap ingredients from TESCO.
MACKERAL CURRY STIRFRY
(Makes 2 serves)
1 capsicum
1 carrot
1 can Hot Chilli Mackeral
2 mushrooms
2 pkts curry flavoured instant noodles
2tsp Hot Sauce (Tabasco)
Fry up the vegetables, hard ones first, mushrooms last. then add mackeral, hot sauce & cooked noodles. Wash down with the cheapest cold beer you can find.
Visited Carlisles war memorial which is held in a park where cows roam to keep the grass down.
Checked out Carlisle Castle which is packed with history due to it being so close to the border of Scotland. Great visit, wish I took more pictures.
Got a cheap (but REAL chewy) steak & pint for 7.95 pound for dinner. It filled a hole.
One of the days we walked 15km along Hadrians Wall from Housesteads Fort to Greenhead. The sun was out & we managed to get a bit burnt, however the wind also wanted to display its power y spending the whole day blowing straight into our faces at around 40km/h. Was a great day though & the bus driver on the AD122 was super helpful, leting us know how we could wal a mile to the next town rather than wait an hour for the bus to do it's loop.
Got back to our hostel, someone managed to eat all of our Cruncy Nut cereal (half a fucking box!) which we were saving for breakfast.
Julia really wanted to go visit Beatrix Potters house in Hilltop, however with public transport it was looking to take like 3 hours each way to get there! Plus I believe the connections were something like train-bus-ferry-bus... So we hired a car instead for the same price. Got to the car-hire joint & because we didn't pay online the reservation got cancelled, so we spent an hour looking or another cheap car hire (enterprise UK) & walking the wrong direction because i'm a goose! In the end we got a new Ford Focus for about 24 pound overnight. Was great to drive with plenty of power, steering was a bit heavy though.
Followed our Here Maps app to Hilltop, terrible idea. Ended up driving down these skinny roads with trees encroaching on both sides. After a few swear words we made it. Serene rolling hills cascade around Hilltop & Ms. Potters property with the clasic veggie patch, spade & egg for all the fans of the book.
Was unaware of Beatrix's artistic talent; there were some large canvas paintings in her cottage that were just awesome. Turns out the old lass was pretty entreprenuerial too, owning 15 of her own farms.
Took the car to Keswick where we sunk a few pints, ate at this quiet hotel because the popular pubs were full & booked out. Only other couple n the hotel were these old dears whom sounded like what my grandparents would have sounded when they were travelling! We couldn't help but laugh when they were quite put out by the fact that the hotel did not have any trifle available for desert! You'll be pleased to know that they ended up settling for the vanilla & strawberry icecream.
Spent the night at Keswick YHA, which is right on the Derwent River, fell asleep to the calming sound of water rushing over stones.
Keswick is the home of the Derwent pencil!
Dropped the car back of at Carlisle today via a much less arduous route and now we are on he train to Whitehaven. Train is chugging along the coast slowly, offering us scenery of the Irish sea & a swath of Wind Turbines.
Staying at Glenfield B&B tonight.
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