{"id":11554,"date":"2020-01-21T04:51:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=11554"},"modified":"2021-09-03T04:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T11:22:32","slug":"day-eight-on-the-wall-reaching-carlisle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=11554","title":{"rendered":"Day eight on the Wall &#8211; reaching Carlisle"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I&#8217;m finishing my breakfast at Vallum Barn, a plump old woman asks me if I would like to know a shortcut back to the Hadrian&#8217;s Wall Path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I politely decline, explaining I want to truly walk the entire length. She smiles and wishes me well as I saddle my backpack onto my shoulders and ready my body to start another day of walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" data-attachment-id=\"11556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=11556\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?fit=4000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HERO7 Black&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;DCIM101GOPROGOPR5101.JPG&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566899796&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;DCIM101GOPROGOPR5101.JPG&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DCIM\\101GOPRO\\GOPR5101.JPG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;DCIM\\101GOPRO\\GOPR5101.JPG&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?fit=940%2C705&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?w=4000&amp;ssl=1 4000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=684%2C513&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=336%2C252&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=928%2C696&amp;ssl=1 928w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?resize=1707%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GPTempDownload.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By day&#8217;s end I will have come to my second rest day of this journey, staying in the town of Carlisle. It will mark me crossing the eighty mile mark, yet the distance I&#8217;m walking seems to have become insignificant, or at least secondary to what is truly happening out here to me&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2316\" height=\"2316\" data-attachment-id=\"11558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=11558\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?fit=2316%2C2316&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2316,2316\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;354&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566898774&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?fit=940%2C940&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?w=2316&amp;ssl=1 2316w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=684%2C684&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=336%2C336&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=928%2C928&amp;ssl=1 928w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?resize=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588587975.103090.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solitude. silence.<br \/>Whether by choice or by design, a quiet life is mine.<br \/>Out here in Nature, walking for hours with no music in my ears, or conversation from others has fine tuned my senses. The thunderous sound of a cow chewing on green grass, the skittish sheep that stare at me in wonder, and I back at them.<br \/>The sounds of rabbits in the thicket, and the coo of doves in the trees above.<br \/>A bee that flies directly in front of my face, its thousand eyes looking right at me. <br \/><em>\u201cThere is a rapture on the lonely shore;<br \/>There is society, where none intrudes.<br \/>By the deep sea, and music in its roar:<br \/>I love not mankind less, but Nature more&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-attachment-id=\"11560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?attachment_id=11560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;354&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566908847&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;My Walkabout&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?fit=940%2C705&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=684%2C513&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=336%2C252&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=928%2C696&amp;ssl=1 928w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?resize=1707%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/HipstamaticPhoto-588598047.564864.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spirits are high as I walk today, feeling renewed and energetic from my catharsis at the Old Church and my acceptance of the end of my time with BCK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closer I get to Carlisle though, the feeling of &#8220;noise&#8221; from city streets breaks the silence and solitude that I&#8217;ve grown accustomed to. I remember this feeling well coming back home from Africa too. 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I have time to kill before I can check into my B &amp; B, and so I sit for a spell under a World War One memorial commemorated to those lives lost during the Great War. 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