Day 30 - Silloth to home

We left Silloth after breakfast.  Sat nav said 4 hrs 30 mins via A66 and A1(M).  It was a mixture of sunshine and showers all day.

We stopped in Richmond, North Yorkshire, before getting onto the motorway.  Its a very oldie worldy town but very touristic with some very steep streets with stone houses.  It has a castle with fantastic views over the town and countryside which is English Heritage managed so we went in.

A tower can be seen in the distance from the castle.  It is called Culloden Tower and was build in 1746 to commemorate the Duke of Cumberlands victory over Bonnie Prince Charlie at the Battle of Culloden
Its funny how we have been to many historical places linked to the Battle of Culloden over the past month and it appears again on the way home but this time on the victorious side.

Richmond market cross

Market Place


Steep narrow street

Even steeper street



Residential houses in The Barr

Street called The Barr built in 1312 to get pack horses and pedestrians from the river old bridge to the market place.


Clock Tower in market square - home to Green Howard's museum

Culloden Tower 

River Swale a long way below the castle

Flowers growing in castle walls

Richmond Castle main tower and viewing platform 

Castle walls from Castle Walk

Views from castle

View over town from castle

One of the little alleyways in the town


There is more to see in Richmond and the surrounding area so it wil be a good place for an overnight stop on future trips up north especially as it is home to the Green Howard's museum, the regiment that Dad served in during WW2.
After a reasonable stop in Richmond we carried on with a couple more comfort breaks before getting home at just after 5pm.

Its been a good holiday and we have done a lot over the past month.  Despite rain and high winds a lot of the time, we did manage to get out and do what we wanted to do.  Paul is walking much better and further than he was when we first started out but we definitely havent done as much walking as  usual. We covered in excess of 2600 miles in the car and many more on the ferries.   We have had good mileage and the car was fine until just before we left Scotland on Sunday when the engine management light came on.  Paul checked all the likely causes.  It stayed orange and didn't turn red or start flashing so we just drove carefully and it got us home ok.


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