As you can see, the Romans took advantage of this geography and didn’t have pesky things like borders to deal with. This looks like a perfect place to have a wall and nearly impossible to penetrate. Essentially because there is a cliff on other side.

The area we were in right now, is supposed to be the most interesting, beautiful, and with the least accommodation. Since very few towns ended up along this part of the wall that is felt to be the reason so much of the wall remains here.

We did reach the high point of the wall today I managed to get a photo there, dark as it looks

Another highlight of the day today was seeing “the sill”. Apparently one of the most photographed places in England the claim to fame is it is where the famous scenes from Robin Hood Prince of thieves movie.

The walk we were doing today is probably the most popular and the most walked part of the path. We got to the spot and people were all around taking pictures, but there didn’t seem to be a tree. In all the pictures there was a tree? I guess something could’ve happened to the tree and the site still remained?

We had the most wonderful stay last night at the bridge bed-and-breakfast. And then an amazing dinner at the Mile castle.Inn. Many delicious vegetarian choices, as well as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding so all three of us were happy.

Well, further, along on day four, we did find the tree. The area is called “ the sycamore gap” and once again there were people mulling around taking pictures. People can take a short walk to these areas from the highway. They do this for some of the more spectacular spots on the wall. I will have to go back and watch the movie to have a closer look at the site, Robin Hood Prince of thieves that is.

This picture is a little bit like the Multnomah falls pictures are to Oregon ……quintessential.

The way the story goes he was fighting the crusades with King Richard, was captured and then escaped and made his way back to England. Geographically this scene does not fit.

Nottingham is south of here and so is where they were fighting the crusades wars …… apparently in Jerusalem. So they would have had to of taken a very circuitous route to get all the way up to Hadrian’s Wall from Dover on the way to Nottingham.

But it was a good spot for that particular scene

Day four was an extremely long day with lots of climbing, and going downhill and going uphill and going downhill. Unfortunately, it was also a day that there was no amenities along the way such as places to fill our water jugs or get beer. When we are done about 12 miles blistered and beaten, I tried that little transit thing on Google maps and lo and behold in an hour a bus was coming to a place near where we were take us to Chollerford. Typical evening photo

Today we are taking a day off let a few muscles and skin issues heal

Janet and Ken and josh