Friday, 8 May 2015
Corbridge to Humshaugh 16 km
I think Mrs Brown at Fellcroft B& B was the nicest, most helpful owner we have encountered so far. She couldn't do enough for us and even did sister #1 and B.I.L #1 's washing for free. She gave us lots of information about what to see in the area, plus arranged a time for us to have a meal at one of ths pubs, The Black Bull, and organised a taxi pick up to drop us off at our start for today's walk.
The first part of our day was spent at the Corbridge Roman Ruins and museum, and I'm glad we had stopped here as it was very interesting and had substantial ruins to wander through. There were info panels to read and an audio commentary which explained each part of the ruins. It was cool to think we were walking along part of a Roman road and walking through a garrison.
I joined the heritage site/ museum pass "club" which allows free entry into major heritage sites across the UK. Hopefully will get some use out of it in Devon and Cornwall too.
The taxi picked us up and took us back to the start of our next walk. We spotted a couple of people walking along the edge of the road, which the taxi driver said was really dangerous, especially on this particular section of road. Cars were just screaming by. A hiker was killed walking the same walk we are on, he or she got hit by a car, so we are extra careful anywhere near a road.
Our walk took us through fields, a plantation forest, through mud, cow and sheep poo, along sections of quieter roads, to see sections of the wall plus a tower from a fort. We stopped half way to see St Oswald's church, built in the 17th century, ( so not old at all! haha) and we had a cuppa at the tearooms nearby. Very civilised!
The last part of the walk was a small diversion to Chester to see the ruins and museum. We just missed a busload of very LOUD Spanish school kids, who were more interested in eating the free food samplex in the shop than the ruins!
The ruins were extensive, bigger than Corbridge, and covered a large area. Again, very interesting to look through. Most of the wall and surrounding areas had been bought in the past by a man called Clayton, so there is a saying that the wall is Clayton's wall, as he paid for and did a lot of the excavation work! The bits we are seeing are original, as far as we can tell.
It was getting very cold and some sore feet, ankles and toes were happening, so we started the last leg of our walk for the day, to Humshaugh to our accommodation. It wasn't too far, thank goodness, and we made it before the wet weather.
The accommodation is nice, I am downstairs (yahoo, no stairs to climb!!!) and the owners have a dog called Ollie, who is famous - he saved another dog from drowning I think, there is a newspaper article on the wall outside.
The owner was a bit reluctant to throw my washing in (unlike Mrs Brown) but she did for £5, I was happy to do it myself, but anyway...We got talking about dogs and that seemed to thaw it out! Speaking of thawing out, it is very cold in my room! The heating is not very effective! Brrrrrrr :(
The first part of our day was spent at the Corbridge Roman Ruins and museum, and I'm glad we had stopped here as it was very interesting and had substantial ruins to wander through. There were info panels to read and an audio commentary which explained each part of the ruins. It was cool to think we were walking along part of a Roman road and walking through a garrison.
I joined the heritage site/ museum pass "club" which allows free entry into major heritage sites across the UK. Hopefully will get some use out of it in Devon and Cornwall too.
The taxi picked us up and took us back to the start of our next walk. We spotted a couple of people walking along the edge of the road, which the taxi driver said was really dangerous, especially on this particular section of road. Cars were just screaming by. A hiker was killed walking the same walk we are on, he or she got hit by a car, so we are extra careful anywhere near a road.
Our walk took us through fields, a plantation forest, through mud, cow and sheep poo, along sections of quieter roads, to see sections of the wall plus a tower from a fort. We stopped half way to see St Oswald's church, built in the 17th century, ( so not old at all! haha) and we had a cuppa at the tearooms nearby. Very civilised!
The last part of the walk was a small diversion to Chester to see the ruins and museum. We just missed a busload of very LOUD Spanish school kids, who were more interested in eating the free food samplex in the shop than the ruins!
The ruins were extensive, bigger than Corbridge, and covered a large area. Again, very interesting to look through. Most of the wall and surrounding areas had been bought in the past by a man called Clayton, so there is a saying that the wall is Clayton's wall, as he paid for and did a lot of the excavation work! The bits we are seeing are original, as far as we can tell.
It was getting very cold and some sore feet, ankles and toes were happening, so we started the last leg of our walk for the day, to Humshaugh to our accommodation. It wasn't too far, thank goodness, and we made it before the wet weather.
The accommodation is nice, I am downstairs (yahoo, no stairs to climb!!!) and the owners have a dog called Ollie, who is famous - he saved another dog from drowning I think, there is a newspaper article on the wall outside.
The owner was a bit reluctant to throw my washing in (unlike Mrs Brown) but she did for £5, I was happy to do it myself, but anyway...We got talking about dogs and that seemed to thaw it out! Speaking of thawing out, it is very cold in my room! The heating is not very effective! Brrrrrrr :(
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