I took a day off yesterday and went for a nice day out in the Border Country at Hadrian's wall - I am in love with this area, it's just 45 minutes away from the Solway Firth (where I live), and the scenery is absolutely breathtaking, no matter what the weather!! I went to my favourite spot at Crawfields Milecastle, just 5 miles North of Haltwhistle. It is easy walking for a good distance along the remains of the wall, which are clearly visible around there! I took photos of the area, and yes, Sam is on one of them too :o) On the first photo you can also see the Pennines in the hazy distance:

Below you can clearly see the remains of the vallum (2 parallel lines in the ground with the ditch between them)

On the next picture you can view a good length of the remains of Handrian's wall, which used to be almost twice as wide as what you can see now. You can walk the entire wall from the West coast over to Newcastle upon Tyne on the East coast - it would take around 3-4 days of lovely walking and camping, or B&B:

This one below is a view to the North, and in the very far distance you can just make out the beginning of Northumberland National Park

Down by the road the remains of the wall  is temporarily disappearing - I turned around  by the gate to walk back over the vallum side because I still wanted to go and see Vindolanda at Chesterholme. But a lot of other people kept walking up the hill and along the dry stone wall.

One very pretty Rough Fell sheep:

Chesterholme is very close by, about 7 miles South East from Crawfields. It is a rather big site with ongoing archaeological excavations throughout the year (fantastic!!), an open air museum, and a very impressive replica of a turret and milecastle, which caught my interest right away!

If you ever come to Northern England, come and visit parts of Hadrian's wall as well Chesterholme, or Housteads Roman Fort, which is brilliant for walking, site visiting and a hot cup of soup in one of the tearooms!! I myself have had an excellent day out, and it makes me remember why I love this part of the country so much! I hope you will enjoy the pictures.