The path drops steeply down to the river over a wonderful footbridge made from the same iron as "The Angel of the North", past the abutments for the roman bridge that once crossed the river. This is now in the middle of a field as the river has moved quite a bit in 2000 years. This a photo of the invisible man near Willowford Farm.
Up to Willowford Farm, past a turret and on to Poltross Burn Milecastle. What a setting. It was the best preserved milecastle we had seen since we started and we have seen a few.
From there the path just got better and better- these photos were taken walking up from the milecastle towards Gilsland. After we had walked across country to Chapel House Farm we rejoined the road in the hope of catching a bus, We sat on a bank outside someones house and waited.... and waited. Twenty minutes later we decided it must have knocked and started to walk again. We had only covered a few hundred yards when it arrived. Hurray! We rode back to Winshields and the driver dropped us at the bottom of the drive again. Staggered up the drive and took off the boots- bliss. Best of all a cup of tea and a piece of cake at the cafe, sat outside in the sun. Wonderful
