Hadrian's Wall (4/8)

 

In August 2009 we walked the full length of the Hadrian's Wall footpath from Wallsend in Newcastle on the east coast of England to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast, a distance of 84 miles.

  

 

 

 

 

Smiling in spite of the billowing clouds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One advantage of the rain is the beautiful rainbows that follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The approach to Housesteads Fort from the north-east. This section of the wall is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside Housesteads Fort, this shows the hypocaust, the underfloor heating system. Place the mouse cursor on the picture for a view from a different angle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another view from the top of Housesteads Fort looking downhill towards the road. At Housesteads there are still signs of the terraces which the Romans made for agriculture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our overnight stay was the remote Saughy Rigg farm B&B which provided hearty food and local ales. The next morning it looked as if we would be in for a day-long drenching. Remarkably the rains abated and we were rewarded with excellent views.

This is Mark looking rugged, with the sweep of Hadrian's Wall in the background, not long after we'd been dropped off to rejoin the path at Housesteads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is where the Hadrian's Wall path and the Pennine Way cross and run together for a short distance between Cuddy's Crags (just west of Housesteads) and Greenhead.

 

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