"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last." C. Bronte

On Monday, March 15, our trusty coach and Owen drove us up to Hadrian's Wall! It was a windy and cold day; just imagine being there in the winter back in the days of the Romans. EEK! This is one of the places I've wanted to see for ages, so it was a wonderful surprise addition to the itinerary. After romping on the wall and surprising some sheep, we went on to Haworth, home of the Bronte sisters.

We visited the Bronte Parsonage Museum and saw the rooms where the Bronte sisters did most of their writing. This is a small but interesting and informative place with many original artifacts..

After we toured the museum, we spotted a post

office so ran in to buy stamps. The man asked where we were from and when he learnt we were Texans, he told us that there was a man from Texas running the apothecary shop just up the road. Of course we had to go there, where we met the wife (British) who told us that they had lived in Texas for 20 years and that her husband was a retired Fort Worth police officer. Small world. We chatted with him for just a moment and bought some Kendal mint cakes for Paul. We asked the lady for a lunch spot recommendation and she sent us just up the road to Cobbles and Clay, where I had a Wensleydale cheese sandwich with chutney and a dandelion & burdock soda.

Next we drove through the Yorkshire dales, where I saw pheasants just hanging out in the fields. We made a brief stop in Harrowgate where my ladies and I went to Betty's Tea Room (cocoa and cake, yum!).