The Drive North, Hexham and Hadrian’s Wall.
Friday morning we got into our wee car and headed north, hoping to get to Edinburgh. Such are dreams. We eventually got to Hexham, just below Hadrian’s wall. What a nice spot. We found a nice B and B, explored the town and found a nice pub for dinner. The next day we went to the Abbey and discovered it was Wilfred’s see. St. Wilfred introduced the Benedictine rule to his monastery in Hexham, and he championed the Roman cause at the Synod of Whitby which sought to unify the British Church under one ecclesiastical system. Wilfred won the day, and the British Celtic Church slowly faded into history. He is not my favourite saint. Some history tells how he got caught up in his own importance at the end, probably why he was so keen on the more hierarchical and pontificating (no pun intended) Roman system. It was an interesting yet disturbing experience.
The we drove up to Hadrian’s wall at Once Brewed (just down the road from Twice Brewed.) Legend has it that Once Brewed was a youth hostel run by a very strict puritan woman who did not allow alcohol, and tea and coffee was to be brewed only once!!! Twice Brewed however served very weak beer, which visitors asked to be brewed again.
The wall itself was great. To see something that would have been so strong and majestic, and still there 2000 years later. How much of what we build will be there in 2000 years? Then after a look around (although there was so much more we could have seen – a theme all the way through) we headed on up over the border and on to Edinburgh. Our first lesson here is that you do get the Tourist Information to book you accommodation. That way you don’t spend time ringing places to find their booked out, or time driving around finding places with a vacancy. We were lucky and found a B and B in our price range.
The we drove up to Hadrian’s wall at Once Brewed (just down the road from Twice Brewed.) Legend has it that Once Brewed was a youth hostel run by a very strict puritan woman who did not allow alcohol, and tea and coffee was to be brewed only once!!! Twice Brewed however served very weak beer, which visitors asked to be brewed again.
The wall itself was great. To see something that would have been so strong and majestic, and still there 2000 years later. How much of what we build will be there in 2000 years? Then after a look around (although there was so much more we could have seen – a theme all the way through) we headed on up over the border and on to Edinburgh. Our first lesson here is that you do get the Tourist Information to book you accommodation. That way you don’t spend time ringing places to find their booked out, or time driving around finding places with a vacancy. We were lucky and found a B and B in our price range.
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