Interesting Places

There are a few pics I missed in my earlier post - I had lost some files and recently found them again - while madly looking for the pictures of the mini-castle.

This is our first night in the UK at the hotel - Poppa looks a little tired - don't you think?

This is a photo taken from the bus.  These stone fences abound in northern England and all over Scotland.  They were all hand-built by early generations of farmers.  The photo doesn't even do them justice - they were truly amazing and went on for miles.  Click on the picture to enlarge it - and check out the intricacy of their work!

These are exotic sheep bred by the farmer who owns the cows we saw in David's backyard.  In response to a question from my youngest sister, who is an aivd lover of all animals, David sent me this: "The farmer specialises in old/rare breeds which is why they look so different from the usual sheep/cows found in the UK."  According to the information he sent they are Jacob sheep.

A closer view of the exotic yarn factories - what?  I'm a knitter - and they look like wool factories to me!  Incidentally the cows are Longhorns - again "Thank you David".

One more picture before I get back to the rest of our Uk vacay...

This is Hadrian's Wall - disappearing into the distance!  Imagine the man-hours it took to construct this wall - not to mention the number of men!