We moved off the M56 onto the M6 heading north to come to an abrupt stop. Four lanes and going nowhere. Its usually bad apparently, but a sign saying accident ahead brought us to a complete stop. It gets dark at about 4.30pm. Next to us was an off ramp luckily so off we went. Its hard to image this unless you have been there but there are roads in all directions kind of like a maze. We headed for Warrington. At times we would hit lights waiting five green lights before we could advance through. We travelled about 10 miles and rejoined the motorway 6 miles down the road and it took well over an hour. Luckily we had past the accident.
The war museum gave the kids an opportunity to see what it was like in World War One with trench bunkers and an array of weapons on show.
Later the same day we ventured into Furness Abbey and checked out parts of Hadrians Wall. We then travelled across land to Edinburgh. Again a useful lesson. It is so much slower off the motorways as it took 2 and a half hours to travel 90 miles.
We stayed in our second Travel Lodge on the outskirts of Edinburgh and met with Jean Hamilton that night. It was a bit of an effort as we were trying to find a park in the middle of Edinburgh on a Saturday night. So nice to see Jean!
The Scots certainly showed us up when it came to the anthems. I wasn't even sure we were supposed to be singing when they were playing ours. The Scots brought the house down after entertainment by the Hot Chilli Pipers.
