The Pilgrimage continues to Iona
Words on a wall in the Iona Abbey. After completing our Pilgrimage Hike on the Way of St. Cuthbert we would take 3 days to travel across England and Scotland before reaching the island of Iona where we would spend our last 3 nights in the United Kingdom before flying home to California. All of our accommodations were grand and each one unique. After leaving Lindisfarne on May 20, we headed to Blanchland, to spend two nights at Lord Crew Arms' "storybook" lodging. The entrance to Lord Crew Arms on the right in the village of Blanchland. The building where our room was. We were in Eggleston. The letter greeting us with history of these unusual accommodations. Our room. The bathroom with old fashioned tub. Another view of Blanchland. Lord Crew Arms from a distance. A painting depicting Lord Crew Arms. Of course I took a walk early in the morning before we headed to Durham for the day. While we had a wonderful and interesting itine...