At Lake
Windermere, we took a boat ride across the lake to a steam train
ride and an aquarium. Jeff and his family took the same tour
in the summer of 1985 when they were living in Frankfurt, Germany,
but the aquarium was a new addition since then. Ryan is showing
Jeff his new souvenir.
The Roman's built a 73 mile stone wall
called Hadrian's
Wall named after the Roman Emperor at their northern most stronghold.
The English and Scots did not settle upon territories until 300 years
after the wall was built, but it is sometimes mistakenly referred
to as the wall dividing England and Scotland. While it used
to be 15 feet high and as much as 10 feet wide, it is just a few feet
high today.
We dodged the on again, off again rain showers through out the day.
All of the rain made the country side lush and green.
There are a lot of sheep in England and
where better to learn about the 19 different breeds and sheep shearing
than the Lakeland Sheep and Wool Visitors Centre? It was nice
to be inside when the weather wasn't cooperating. Ryan got a
kick out of feeding a lamb after the show and petting the sheep.
He wasn't too interested in petting any sheep with horns, though.
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