I’m not sure what is worse, an overnight flight or a colonoscopy. One has a day from hell before and one has a day from hell after.

Either way after a good sleep, all is well. We are currently in Carlisle, England. Carlisle is the birth place of Woodrow Wilson’s mother. His father was a minister here, so there is frequent reference to him.

Also the site of many wars with Scotland.

For the most part England won, Scotland did win a few and Carlisle castle DID spend some years being part of Scotland. The Roman’s had a fort here 48 ad onwards, but the Romans left England in 400 A.D. the Carlisle Castle was built on the site of the Roman fort. The castle was built after 1000 A.D..

With all the chaos in our lives recently, we decided to come to Carlisle to stay for a few days prior to starting the hike. The actual hike starts west of where we are. We are taking a bus today to Bowness on Solway, and walking back to here Carlisle. Josh is meeting us tomorrow and then we head out for the rest of the hike.