Brocklesby Station part 2

Only 10 days until we return to Aus. Edinburgh rains, which only seems right, as we head for a packing place to send 30kg of books, coats and armour back to Monash. First place we stopped on our way south was Jedburgh Castle. This was a prison built on the site of the original Jedburgh Castle. We were all desperate for the loo and so happily paid the £2 each to get in, kids free. Having done what we needed to do, the kids had fun dressing up as prisoners and gaolers.

We headed closer to the Scottish border, as sometimes happens with us, we took the wrong road and ended up having lunch in Hawick. There were no noticable holes in the walls in Hawick, so we scrapped all our cash together to buy a very cheap meal in a bakery - 3 sausage rolls, spinach roll and iced buns, I think. We had some slightly warm soft drink in the car. Hawick is a pretty market town, who's main claim to fame is cashmere garments. It was here that we noticed the return of the cars with the English flags all over them!!! We started making good progress (Edinburgh to Ulceby is a long way) until we hit Newcastle, where we took the ring road at 20 miles a hour, we saw the Angel of the North that we had seen on Billy Connolly's world tour of England, Wales and Ireland. After a couple of hours of crawling we made it to Durham. Next stop was "Little Chef" at Scotch Corner, for a disgusting meal, temperature in the diner was around 30 and the temperature outside was not much better. When I asked if they could turn the heating down, they just looked at me as if I was mad - probably am. Shortly after we detoured into Scunthorpe to Tesco's for a toilet stop and to stock up on some wine and beer for later. Arrived at Brocklesby around 9pm. It was great to get off the road and after some toasted cheese sandwiches and the grand tour, we settled in for a great evening of catching up.