“Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends” (Emerson Lake and Palmer circa 1973) Well, it’s been a little over a year dear readers and I am about to head off on another adventure. This time to the English/Scottish border to walk the northern most border of the Roman Empire, Hadrian’s Wall. So,Continue reading “He’s at it again!”
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Scots what hae?i
Holy crap! It’s English but what the hell are they saying?!? Me Well in the overall scheme of things it was a fairly uneventful trip. Of course it helped that I booked my Atlanta flight to JFK with a 2.5 hour layover (flight out of TRI was an hour late) and the Atlanta to JFKContinue reading “Scots what hae?i”
Day 1 Bowness on Solway to Burgh by the Sands
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca So a brilliant morning bright sunshine, temps in the low fifties wind out of the West (at our backs which will I think become more important as we move on) with gust around 20. In other words, perfect hiking weather. We areContinue reading “Day 1 Bowness on Solway to Burgh by the Sands”
Day 2 Burgh to Carlisle
“In England there is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” -English saying So we started where we stopped the day before in part because both Rich and I wanted to get pictures of the statue of Edward the First who died at Brugh by the Sands (pronounced locally as Bruff be Sand….andContinue reading “Day 2 Burgh to Carlisle”
Day 3 Carlisle to Newtown
Don’t confuse your path with your destination. Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean that you aren’t headed for sunshine. -Anonymous So the morning starts; dark,ominous it had rained all night and look like it could rain all day. So, I made a decision to change out of out of my short to just aContinue reading “Day 3 Carlisle to Newtown”
Day 4 Newtown to Gilsland
Hadrian’s Wall was medieval England’s Home Depot– Mike Salvino Today was a much better day weather wise with no rain and temps in the 50s. Our first stop today was the ruins of the Lanercost Priory. The priory was almost totally built with materials “knicked” from the wall. The priory was constructed in the midContinue reading “Day 4 Newtown to Gilsland”
Day 4 part 2
Good night’s sleep always helps. We started moving into the highlands yesterday as we and saw the wall for the first time and the ruins of a large Roman fort that held 1000 men. Enjoy the photos. Thought this shot gave a little better perspective
Day 5 A day of challenge and satisfaction
Reached the highest point on the wall….”no pain no gain” 🙂 Our day started out from a lovely B&B, The Hill on the Wall. The interesting thing about this Inn is that it was constructed in the late 14th Century with 4 foot thick walls. This was required by law due to the fact thatContinue reading “Day 5 A day of challenge and satisfaction”
Day 6 – Fort Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum
“We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war” – Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (circa 4th century AD) Today was our day for a circular walk of 7 miles.Continue reading “Day 6 – Fort Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum”
Day 6 pt 2
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes – Julius Caesar So before I continue with more pictures and commentary I’d like to make a few quick shout outs to my family, who has encouraged and supported me in this endeavor, with a special shout out to my hiking partner in TN,Continue reading “Day 6 pt 2”
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