Day 2: Barnard castle to Alexandria

Packing the car from the Coach and Horses, Ted said he wanted some postcards so when I finished I followed down in the warm spring sunshine. No sign, it seems Ted had found an old army colleague, Terry Nunn 'A' Squadron, the Rock Apes from his days at Startforth in '59 - '61. Small world!
We discovered the problem with depending on each other and then having concurrent 'senior moments' so forgetting to book breakfast. So, we scoured the horizon on a sunny A66, warm despite the snow on the Pennines, and stopped for brunch at the brilliant Llama Karma Kafe, near Penrith. Finding that llama was in the garden and not on the menu, I settled for what was obviously a local delicacy, bacon and black pudding Panini!

 

Wended our way through Glasgow to the Erskine Bridge and finally found ourselves in Helensburgh. Unfortunately we needed to be in Alexandria…

Had a quick look at the Argyle Motor Car factory in Alexandria - hopefully enough of the façade is safeguarded for now although the nicely restored grand staircase is getting rained on where the roof has failed.

 

 

The day ended spending a lovely evening with Irene over cups of tea in the kitchen.