Category: England
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May 9, 2025 – Walked from Walton to Gilsland, England
Walked from Walton along Hadrian’s Wall Path to Gilsland, nine miles to the east. Saw a good bit of the Wall and vallum as well as the foundations of a fort and several turrets. The vallum is the deep ditch that parallels the wall, another defensive feature. It’s about nine feet deep with sloping sides…
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May 8, 2025 – Walked from Carlisle to Walton, England
Walked from Carlisle to Walton along Hadrian’s Wall Path, twelve miles of beautiful English countryside. There were no obvious Wall relics but the walk was so pleasant it didn’t matter. The sun was out and it was cool. Met other walkers along the way. One was a female cop from Kent. It is the first…
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May 7, 2025 – Newcastle to Carlisle, England
My friend Lee drove me across the country to Carlisle where I will start walking the middle section of Hadrian’s Wall Path tomorrow morning. My walk will be 40 miles in four days, from inn to inn and visiting the historic Roman wall remains. The Wall was built around 122 AD. The wall was the…
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May 7, 2025 – Carlisle, England
Ate just down the street from my B&B at The Beehive. Had a meat pie while most people were ordering big, delicious looking burgers. I think I’m out of sync here. At the bar, met a plumber named Victor. I could barely understand what Victor said because of his dialect but we each had a…
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May 6, 2025 – Newcastle Upon-Tyne
Packed a lot in today. Took the Metro to Wallsend to the east of Newcastle where Hadrian’s Wall ended, thus the name. There’s a museum and the remains of the foundation of a Roman fort. It’s called Segedunum. The museum had artifacts and information on the wall and a lot more. Then, back on the…
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May 6, 2025 – Newcastle Upon-Tyne
Full English breakfast at Blake’s this morning. Plus, a scone with clotted cream and jam. Enough calories for a week. Cheers
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May 5, 2025 – Newcastle Upon-Tyne
Arrived in Newcastle, England about midday. It’s a old city of about 300,000 people on the north side of the Tyne River in northeast England. Newcastle has lots of old buildings and bridges, a lot of character. There’s one pub where people have been drinking for over a thousand years. I’d say they’ve had about…
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