After bidding farewell to the Grand Old Duke of York and his 10 000 men, we passed Roger Whittaker's "old Durham town", passed the huge Angel of the North with her aeroplane wings and stopped at Chesters Fort. There, we learnt that Hadrian the Roman Emporer built his wall spanning the width of England and over 2000 years of history, for the purpose of weapon control between the North and South.
5 Minutes further on at Housesteads Fort, we were offered the priviledge of the pot-holed staff entrance in order to minimise the big walk up to a 14 mile stretch, 5 ft high section of Hadrian's Wall.
The wall runs in fairly isolated country and really gives the feel of total separation.
A late afternoon arrival in the small village of Cambusbarron in Stirling at 4 The Brae.
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