Carlisle.

Thursday 23rd November 2023.

We drove 192 miles today mainly on the M6 to tonight’s pub stopover en route to Edinburgh where we are visiting for the weekend. We started off in lovely sunshine but after an hour or so the day turned grey, as we reached Lancashire, road works slowed us down to 50 mph for many miles, and then as we hit the Lake District it began to rain heavily thankfully ceasing as we arrived at Carlisle. For all the journey we were buffeted by cross winds and wind socks by the side of the motorway were at 90 degrees to the flagpoles indicating the strength of the wind.We we’re glad to arrive in Carlisle.

It was a short walk into Carlisle along a well sign posted footpath which lead us directly into the towns pedestrianised centre. The light was beginning to fade as we arrived so we didn’t really get a chance to do the town justice.

Carlisle existed before the Romans arrived so has a long history and many buildings still exist from times past, we will return in the future and explore more at our leisure.

The pub was part of the Hungry Horse chain we decided to have a meal instead of cooking, Thursday night was buy a main meal and get a free dessert so it was a no brainier😊🍴🍺