In reality, we haven't seem the wall yet. Today was all about travel. Up at 5am, and to the train station! Actually, I can't believe how much we've packed in already!
We switched trains in Newcastle, where 21 Scotsmen joined us. 2 of them sat with Zoe and I and kept us entertained until our stop in Corbridge. We almost couldn't get out of the station because Zoe had left her ticket on the train, but they were nice enough to hand it out the window, just as the train was pulling away from the platform.
After hiking into town (usually the train stations ARE downtown), we dropped off our bags at the B&B and headed for our first Roman site, Corbridge Roman Town. It was sort of like the central nerve system for the northern defence. Because it's a bank holiday, they had an archaeologist turned potter on site, talking about and demonstrating Roman pottery. The kids (and the teacher and the archivist) got a chance to try our hand at some mould work. Now we need to figure out how to carry two wet clay bowls with us for the rest of the trek.
I'm definitely in good company though, because Zoe proceeded to crawl through the tunnels under the grainery floors. I stuck to clambering over the walls. They would NEVER let us do anything like that in Canada! Yay for living and breathing history!
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