Walkin the Wall

Stunning scenery, lonesome sheep, glorious flowers and lovely hopeful handmade signs which promised tea and cakes. At the end of our second day, we dripped into the Twice Brewed pub. Why twice brewed? One theory is that on the eve of the Battle of Hexham in 1464, Yorkist foot soldiers demanded their beer be brewed again because it lacked its usual fighting strength. The ploy worked – the opposing Duke of Somerset’s Lancastrian army fled after an early morning raid... who knows?

Our host for the evening picked us upfrom the pub...300yds from the official pick up point. She bounced into the pub...obviously unhappy at this inconvenience. She chatted with everyone else in the pub and then roughly told us to hop in the car.We had bought a bottle of wine which evoked a severe reminder (not that we had ever been told) that corkage was due as the hotel was licensed and she had staff to pay!

We began to relate to our friends from Canada who had horror stories of every B & B they had stayed in. A hair raising drive to our hotel (not a B & B) where we were dumped in our small rooms. Roof so low even I could touch it. Will whinge no more even though there was much to whinge about!