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2025.10 UK & More – Castlerigg Stone Circle & Lake District

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2025.10 UK & More – Castlerigg Stone Circle & Lake District

After packing up and checking out of our hotel in Penrith we headed west into the Lake District.  When driving west from Penrith there is an old stone circle just as you enter Keswick (KESS-ic, this time the W and second K are just there for show, not pronunciation).  Although I thought we were traveling during a quiet period, somehow this day was the start or continuation of school holidays.  Instead of quiet towns to stop in at, they were overflowing with visitors.  Parking was at a premium, so we enjoyed the scenery and skipped visiting the towns as we headed south through the district.

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2025.10 UK & More – Alnwick Gardens & Corbridge Roman Town

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2025.10 UK & More – Alnwick Gardens & Corbridge Roman Town

North of Newcastle upon Tyne is Alnwick (pronounced An-nick, yes the L and W were cut from the pronunciation list), home to an interesting garden, and just west of Newcastle is Corbridge, a Roman era town. 

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2025.10 UK & More – Brooklands Museum

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2025.10 UK & More – Brooklands Museum

Relatively fresh and ready for our first full day in the UK, after leaving the London Heathrow area hotel we headed to the birthplace of motorsport in England, Brooklands.  Although our GPS initially pointed us to the public park, we followed the signs to the proper entrance and explored this large museum that was a mix of open-air items, and many, many buildings.

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