Hadrian's Wall Path - day 1 [Newcastle to Wall]
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...