We continued going north. We had a Royal Automobile Club tag on our car and there were periodic phone booths by the road for people to phone the Automobile Club if they had car trouble. There were also men on motorcycles who road around on the roads - troubleshooters for the Auto Club. There were two kinds - one just AA and the other RAA.
Roadside phones
Auto Club Trouble Shooter
2 auto club trouble shooters
On this part of the trip we stopped by where they were having an auction,
Stockyard auction
Stockyard auction
old castle in town with auction
Inn sign
and we also stopped to see (and my sister and I went out and stood on) Hadrian's Wall. I did not really appreciate the significance of this at the time.
over moors Roman wall
Hadrian's Roman wall
stone wall with flowers
It was begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian and runs from near the North Sea to the Irish Sea. It was meant, I think, to keep the hordes in the north at bay - similar to the Great Wall of China, but shorter. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987 (37 years after our visit). Apparently there is a path close to the wall now which can be followed on foot. I remembered that it was the boundary between England and Scotland but it isn't.
Border of Scotland
I think it was about here that we had trouble finding accommodation for the night. We finally found a place which had only three single beds. My parents took one bed and my sister had one bed and I had another bed. It was really chilly at night (even in July) and of course there was no central heating. I had so many blankets on the bed to keep warm that I couldn't even turn over.
Edinburgh
Marriage bureau
Edinburgh corner
Edinburgh street
Roadside phones
Auto Club Trouble Shooter
2 auto club trouble shooters
On this part of the trip we stopped by where they were having an auction,
Stockyard auction
Stockyard auction
old castle in town with auction
Inn sign
and we also stopped to see (and my sister and I went out and stood on) Hadrian's Wall. I did not really appreciate the significance of this at the time.
over moors Roman wall
Hadrian's Roman wall
stone wall with flowers
It was begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian and runs from near the North Sea to the Irish Sea. It was meant, I think, to keep the hordes in the north at bay - similar to the Great Wall of China, but shorter. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987 (37 years after our visit). Apparently there is a path close to the wall now which can be followed on foot. I remembered that it was the boundary between England and Scotland but it isn't.
Border of Scotland
I think it was about here that we had trouble finding accommodation for the night. We finally found a place which had only three single beds. My parents took one bed and my sister had one bed and I had another bed. It was really chilly at night (even in July) and of course there was no central heating. I had so many blankets on the bed to keep warm that I couldn't even turn over.
Edinburgh
Marriage bureau
Edinburgh corner
Edinburgh street
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