Had a really good nights sleep after a couple of pints at the Robin Hood Inn. Got the second stamp on our passports. My boots were still wet inside from yesterday. Lucy's were completely dry and she has no blisters. Set off just after 9am, back onto the Hadrian's Wall Path. Doing about 2 miles per hour we estimated we would get to Chollerford about 14.30. It was 9 miles by road and probably a little further on the path as it wanders off the route of the wall from time to time.
It was chucking it down by the time we got to the Portgate, where the A68 crosses the Wall. When they put the roundabout in here it was offset so it didn't disturb the roman ruins underneath. After yesterdays walk where we didn't see a soul it was quite refreshing to meet other people as wet as us. At the pub on the junction (closed on Mondays) we saw motor cyclists, (very wet) and walkers (one emptying the water from her shoes and wringing out her socks) and a couple of Dutch people wearing what can only be described as walking tents. But they looked wet too.
The trail continues to the left of the pub, over a stile in to the field. We had our first sight of the wall since Heddon, not excavated entirely but we followed it for a good mile or so. It perked us up no end. It was easy to see and gave us more of a feel for th
e task the romans had achieved. Then at Planetrees there is an excavated section of stone wall about a hundred yards long. The signs for the trail after Planetrees point off the route towards a village called "Wall". We were not sure what to do, because we didn't have a map of the trail so we followed the arrows. After a short way we saw a sign saying 'No direct route to Chollerford' This was confusing and we weren't sure what to do because we knew Chollerford was where we were heading. We were tired as well by now so we decided to turn back as we'd seen some tents in a field and thought we could ask at the campsite. S off we went and ended up in someone's garden, the chap there was very nice about it, told us there was no campsite, they had just had some scouts staying the previous weekend, and sent us back the way we had come.
e task the romans had achieved. Then at Planetrees there is an excavated section of stone wall about a hundred yards long. The signs for the trail after Planetrees point off the route towards a village called "Wall". We were not sure what to do, because we didn't have a map of the trail so we followed the arrows. After a short way we saw a sign saying 'No direct route to Chollerford' This was confusing and we weren't sure what to do because we knew Chollerford was where we were heading. We were tired as well by now so we decided to turn back as we'd seen some tents in a field and thought we could ask at the campsite. S off we went and ended up in someone's garden, the chap there was very nice about it, told us there was no campsite, they had just had some scouts staying the previous weekend, and sent us back the way we had come.
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