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Our long distance walk for 2006 was the coast to coast 84 mile Hadrian's Wall Path from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, which we did from 6th  through to 12th May.

	Hadrian became Emperor in AD 117 and decided it was time to establish a permanent frontier. It was to be marked by a wall that would run north of Stanegate, but extend beyond it to east and west.  In the east it would run as far as a new bridge, Pons Aelius, which had been built across the Tyne at Newcastle, while in the west it would extend beyond Carlisle to Bowness.

The start by Segedunum at Wallsend
We two with the shipyard behind.	Segedunum at Wallsend.		A piece of wall by Segedunum
The Tyne
St Peters Marina		The Sage Centre
Bridges over the Tyne	The Millennium Bridge		The five bridges
The Wall
	The name 'Hadrian's Wall' applies to more than just the conventional wall itself, made of stone or turf.  There are other structures associated with it, and there are now a number of places where one or more of these may be visible but all traces of actual stone have vanished.  This diagram shows the arrangement, from the ditch - north of The Wall - to the Military Way and the Vallum, which lie to the south.
Diagram cross section of The Wall			Vallum near Dear Hill
The first visible piece of wall at Planetrees		Bruton Turret	The bridge at Chollerford
Chester's
	Our time at Chester's was morning before the opening time of the Fort, so we were only able to visit the bridge foundations at the other side of the river from the Fort.
Chester's Fort		Around the foundations of the bridge support.
The Wall from Black Carts to Hogsheads
The Wall at Black Carts		Turret at Black Carts	Ditch and Wall above Black Carts
Mithraeum near Brocolita Fort	The altars in the Mithraeum	Turrets
Wall and vista		Mile castle at Sewingshields
Wall over Sewingshields Crags	Looking back to Sewingshields.	Wall towards King Hill etc.	Kings Wicket Mile castle.
Housesteads
	Housesteads, also known as Vercovicium Roman Fort, is worth spending time at. Unfortunately we were unable to do this, so a return visit is warranted!
More Wall
Crag Lough	Steel Rigg	Wall after Steel Rigg
Vista over the wall	Windshields Crags	Steep section of Wall	Mile Castle 42
Line of wall over rugged terrain	Turret 44B	Thirlwall Castle
Mile castle 48 Gilsland			Footing of bridge over River Irthing.
Birdsowald
	Birdsowald is worthy of spending more time at.  All we had time for was a refreshing cup of tea and a comfort break!
Beyond Banks to the end.
Turret 52A at Banks		Dovecote Bridge	Bluebells in wood.
		Port Carlisle was established in 1819 as a means of avoiding the difficult waters of the Solway Firth and was linked to Carlisle by canal.
Breakwater at Port Carlisle	Canal entrance lock remains at Port Carlisle		The official end!!

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