Ok so were heading ooooooop north over the border for a week ,, gentlemen start your engine,s there,s a long way to go
Now this ol gal is a bit like me it,s done a few miles , but can still deliver the goods when called for ,, well I got faith in her
Lunchtime in Newark just off the A1 ,, spent many night,s here in the past during my long distance days.
Here we are staying overnight in the lovely old city of Durham , it was as busy as hell as this is graduation week , took many pics here ,, some I will paint later on .
Ok its day 2 onwards and upwards , now those of you in the know will realise this is the entrance of the old Tyne bridge , now 2 reason,s for going this way as opposed to the Tyne tunnell , number one despite oiling up with preperation ouch I do tend to squeak a bit when I walk ,, number 2 I wanted to show Jan the centre of Newky Brown Country
A slight diversion on the way to our base to be at Oxton ,,,,,,,this is a shot of the Kielder Lake/ Country Park ,, we drove all 25 miles around taking many pics , plenty more painting material here , would love to stay longer BTW beautifully clean bogs if you do go .
Here we are heading Northbound on the A68 toward Edinburgh about 15 mins from our destination at Oxten where we are staying in a log cabin only 4 on the site , more to follow tommorow , slightly dependant on internet + weather but we should be in the Capital city ,,,,,,,see you soon ,,,,the noooooo