Later in the week we made our way north via Hadrian's Wall. Birdoswald was a Roman Fort, and later a fortified house near the England/Scotland Border. The present farmhouse was built in the 19th century.
Lambs shelter from the rain in a Roman cooking hearth.
We stopped in at the Horse and Hounds at Bonchester Bridge where we met a kilted Dutch lad.
Next day I took Hayat around Jedburgh. First we visited the Lord Compositor's House, the last survivor of four fortified houses in the town, now better known as Queen Mary's House as it contains an exhibition covering the life and times of Mary Queen of Scots' including her visit to the Borders in 1566 when she stayed here.
The Banqueting Hall, Mary Queen of Scots House.
We walked up the hill to Jedburgh Castle.
Its not a real castle. Actually it was a jail, built about two hundred years ago in the style of a castle, on the site of the much earlier Jedburgh Castle.
Round the back is the prisoners' exercise yard from where we see the barred windows of the cells.
One of the cell corridors.
Cell.
More to follow shortly.
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