Legs and Borders

Last day of my short voyage along the Hadrian's Wall, the wall itself just like around Newcastle area wasn't very visible with one notable example of Hare Hill the tallest remaining part of it - it survived as apparently it has been incorporated into a farm building in the past, so it's been left alone and stands tall until today. Despite the lack of the main component the walk was quite pleasant, running along many farmlands and wooded areas, it was definitely better than its counterpart in Newcastle, perhaps due to the fact that the area is less developed. Night was windy and I had to ditch the plan to sleep inside the Roman turret 49b (they all have fun names like that) as the gusts were trying to rip my tent apart, annoying thing was that it was getting dark so I had to find a replacement spot quickly which wasn't easy as the overall flat area was a perfect corridor for the wind to rumble. After a mile or so I found a cows field with a stone fence around it and just...

This isn't a particularly well planned trip, since I have few days off in a row at work I decided to come over and walk the wall, interaries are typically for 6 days from start to finish (it's just over 80 miles in total plus the detours to castles and various ruins) I got 3 days so any side trips are out of the question. I've booked the bus ticket to Sunderland with National Express as it was cheap (25£) and went overnight so I've arrived here at 6:30am. Getting to Wallsend (the official start/end of the Hadrian's Wall) would take too long from here so I'm just taking a train to Newcastle which is just few miles away from it - if you are a purist you can stop reading this blog now and curse my very existence as I won't be covering every single inch of the path, hike your own hike I guess! Now, 10 hours later the work for the day is over and I'm simultaneously happy and a bit disappointed with how it went. I've managed to cover 24 miles which is more...