Actually we are west of Newcastle near Hadrian’s wall and driving well on what some call the wrong side of the road. I rejected GPS and am using an AA map (In the US we call it triple A AAA) We haven’t gotten lost… made a few wrong turns at roundabouts but corrected easily. We had pretty good half sunny day on the day we landed in Harwich  and drove north. I suggested we pull off the main road and do some side roads looking for a local pub for lunch and for two hours we drove on country roads… found a restaurant that was nice, but Chuck was concerned we lost a lot of time. We actually arrived at Nick and Liz house at 6:15 when I had planned 5pm arrival. Nick came home from a cricket match and had planned to spend the day at local event next day (Sunday) playing cricket with village against another village… but oh the stinky weather gave us a black sky, wind and rain that cancelled the village festivities but ended up quite nice later in the day. We walked to the hotel George and had a drink and then to the local pub for a drink and music (anyone is invited to play in a jam sort of situation and they sang American, English and Irish songs! ) Today, Monday Chuck and I drove to Hexham and Corbridge and walked through the towns and churchyards. Visited Hexham Abbey and shops. Later we returned to Hexham to a Waitrose (think Publix) and bought wine! Liz is feeding us too well and we are drinking too much beer and wine!!!! Nick is taking us around tomorrow (Tuesday). We are really bundling on walks as it is cold… in the 50s and tonight is planning to go to 40s…. I painted today in the hotel garden and my fingers were freezing!!! Friends are warm and hospitable so that’s all we need! God bless you.
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