Berwick Upon Tweed

The weather took a turn for the worse and it rained all night and we had a broken sleep with the rain battering off the caravan roof. On the way back to Scotland, we stopped off at Berwick Upon Tweed. We have visited the town several time over the years but this was the first time we had went up on the defence ramparts which is fascinating but dangerous if you get too close to the edge.
Founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the kingdom of Northumbria, the area was for over 400 years central to historic border war between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. The last time it changed hands was when England retook it in 1482. Berwick remains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, in particular its defence ramparts and barrack buildings.