June 9

June 9th (Sunny)
Left Durham at 8 a.m. looking to explore remnants of Hadrians wall, unfortunately most places are behind large hedges and admission is charged. As we have seen old stuff before quick snap shots will suffice, however we found a place in a sheep farmer’s property that had a large section of the wall and the footings of one of the towers. Went through the Scottish border at 1 p.m. Marginal differences in landscape and housing between the two countries – just more sheep and cows, brown rock fencing and never-ending farm land as we pass through small villages along the way. Very little traffic on the road today. We are camped 25 miles outside of Edinburgh at Barns Ness. It is advisable that we do not drive into Edinburgh so tomorrow morning we drive to a Park & Ride, leave our van and bus into the city. The campground was full and we would not be able to get an electric hookup until tomorrow morning, so this would be the first time we would try our fridge on propane since we were gassed out back in Holland by the poor workmanship of Hussein. It worked just fine, but still had a slight odour.
We were able to get a free night with our membership in the Camping & Caravan Club because of the “stamps” on our club passport. I met a lady in the campground who gave me lots of info about farm camping and a phone # for us to get a cheaper ferry ticket back from Dover to Calais. The ferries here are not part of the highway system like ours.
Weather is misty but not cold. In comparison our present latitude is about 200km north of Prince Rupert. Went for a walk along the shores of the North Sea, the area was noted for lime kilns. Georg had fun exploring. Had dinner, read, played cards and hit the sack.