Durham and Hartlepool

Up early in our litle B&B (nice place...bad parking). Had eggs and eggs and an English muffin and a croissant and yummy coffee. Then it was walk down the hill, under the giant trestle, up the hill, up a street that goes up another hill, and then up another hill (all cobblestone) to the tip top where somebody built a castle thingy and a big and pretty darn huge cathedral back about 1078's. I'm surprized they had a hill left after using all that stone (I haven't found the missing hill of stone yet). We heard bells and an organ and saw lots of high stone arches. They builded it for a dude called St. Cuthbert. He's in there, well his bones are I guess.

We got lots of pictures of the quadrangle there which was used for a lot of Harry Potter shots.

Next stop Hartlepool for the Historic Quay. We only had like 2.5 hours there which was about 2.5 hours less than we needed. There was so much to do and I super liked the giant warship with tons of cannons. It was way bigger than the ships we saw in Victoria during Tall Ships. I could live on it if they asked me to. This big ship apparently did sail up the Strait between Vancouver Island and Victoria and there is a museum (they think maybe in Vancouver) with it's history there. Guess I'll have to go look it up.

We got losted on the way to Hartlepool because we should of gone by Google Map not B&B dude instructions. They aren't good at printing maps here so put in villages and road and roundabouts that aren't on a map and you get lost a lot.

We then went to the Harlepool Marina to the Black Olive to meet up all Dad's relatives. They are so super friendly and nice and funny and they loved me because one of them's last name is Baxter.

It may all go quiet for awhile. Our rented house is 400 years old and they didn't have internet back then so we don't have any. I think we may have a horse and a suit of armour but no internet.

Later Canada types!