Hadrian's Wall (7/8)

 

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.

  

 

 

 

 

Inside Carlisle Castle we met a couple from Bavaria. We'd seen them at breakfast a couple of days before. They'd hoped to be walking the wall at this time but the lady had twisted her ankle so they were taking it easy and kindly took this photo of us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High up in the keep, we were shown these carvings in the castle's walls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We saw these horses as we returned to open country west of Carlisle, walking again close to the River Eden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hadrian's Wall walk has less evidence of Roman remains on this section, but this wooded path over a stream leading into the River Eden was very attractive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King Edward I sickened and died while fighting off Scots near Burgh-by-Sands in 1307. The official monument is a couple of miles north of the village, but this one was outside the pub - where we had supper - and we still had another two miles to reach our B&B at Boustead Hill.

Ted was a well-travelled monarch, even joining the Crusades in the Middle East from 1268 until 1274, shortly after his wars with the Welsh and before his persecution of England's Jews..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I am striding along near the Solway Firth coast, on the way to Boustead Hill. The fields here often flood, so are used as grazing for sheep and cattle. As the sun set, the flatlands, sea, night and mist seemed to merge into one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following morning at the bottom of the road from our B&B at Boustead Hill, we were greeted with the view of the Solway Firth and signs showing us the distance for our final day's walk - in the rain!

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