Wallsend
I leave the end of the Hadrian's Wall path and go to the tiny town of Bowness on Solway. I...
hiking
Day ten on the Wall – The final stretch….
Perceptions of Success : I see a spiders web as a success, but to the spider success comes from a...
time on the Highfield farm
As I approach the Highfield farmhouse a young girl playing with a ball and a dog excitedly runs up to...
Day nine on the Wall – arriving to Boustead Hill
Dark rainclouds skim across the morning sky as I get ready to head back onto the Hadrian's Wall path. The...
time in Carlisle & Fern Lee
I cross the bridge that leads me out of Rickerby park and find myself on the edge of the town...
Day eight on the Wall – reaching Carlisle
As I'm finishing my breakfast at Vallum Barn, a plump old woman asks me if I would like to know...
The ancient, consecrated church graveyard.
The emptiness of the past seven days seem to be coming to a close. Day eight on Hadrian's Wall has...
Vallum Barn
In the year 2000, the couple decided to convert the horse stable property into a B & B to accommodate...
Day seven on the Wall – Onward to Irthington
Gray skies cover Gilsland in the morning as I walk out the front door of the Hill on the Wall...
Gilsland & the Hill on the Wall
"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake." -...
Day six on the Wall – heading to Gilsland…part two
The frogs croak loudly in the thrushes of the pond. The sun has silenced everything else under the oppressive heat....
Day six on the Wall – heading to Gilsland…part one
The GPS on my phone shows I've crossed the fifty mile mark of walking as I ready to start day...