Tag Archives: Hiking

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”

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”

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

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”

“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”

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”

One’s destination is never a place, but always a new way of seeing things. – Henry Miller I have found that there is always at least one thing on trek such as this that comes as unexpected yet, looking back, should have been expected. While I have not delved deeply into the history of theContinue reading “Day 7 Housteds to Walwick”

I love being new places and hate getting there, and have been known to say on multiple occasions that I would give anything from a piece of my soul to a limb to a portion of my life savings to teleport. –V. E. Schwab, courtesy of Brainyquotes.com While the states were dealing with the aftermathContinue reading “Day 8 Game called in 7th Inning due to inclement weather”

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. –Benjamin Disraeli Today as we approached New Castle was pretty much a grind it out day. In this area most of the wall had been pilfered for building materials but the scenery was pretty and the groupContinue reading “Day 9 East Wallhouses to Newburn”

“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” – Denis Waitley So, we started our last day of hiking going in the wrong direction. My fault. We were staying in downtown New Castle, an impressive example of the power ofContinue reading “Day 10 End of the first verse”