{"id":88,"date":"2018-06-10T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2018-07-02T14:59:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:59:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/","title":{"rendered":"My Big Wall Walk challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Story<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday 11<sup>th<\/sup>June 2018 I set out from Bowness\u00a0on\u00a0Solway to walk the 84 mile Hadrian&#8217;s Wall National Trail, raising money for Parkinson&#8217;s UK Oxford Branch. I reached the endpoint in Wallsend pretty much on time at around 7.40pm on Friday 15<sup>th<\/sup>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/all-the-blog-posts\/\">see all my blog posts<\/a> in chronological order, or scroll down this page for <a href=\"#contents\">a list of posts by category<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Pictures<\/h3>\n<p>All the images in this blog are fairly small so that they don&#8217;t interrupt the flow too much. To see or download a full-size high-resolution image, simply click on any of the pictures. There will be a full image gallery, with all the pictures I took on the trip, very soon.<\/p>\n<h3>Donations<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to have raised more than \u00a32200 through your kind donations. I&#8217;ll leave the <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.virginmoneygiving.com\/JonathanBromley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraising page<\/a> open until mid-July so that you can add your donation if you wish. My warmest thanks go to the many lovely people who have already sponsored me so generously.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/branch-logo-1line-web-300x73.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/branch-logo-1line-web-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/branch-logo-1line-web-768x186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/branch-logo-1line-web-1024x248.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/branch-logo-1line-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>You can learn more about the Oxford Branch of Parkinson&#8217;s UK by <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visiting their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contents\">Blog posts by category<\/h2>\n<p>Here I&#8217;ve tried to organize my blog posts to make it easier to find what you want. When you&#8217;ve finished reading a post you can use the browser&#8217;s <strong>back<\/strong> button to return to this list.<\/p>\n<h3>Daily progress<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/11\/monday-bowness-to-carlisle\/\">Monday: Bowness to Carlisle<\/a>\u00a0(14 miles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/13\/day-2-carlisle-to-gilsland\/\">Tuesday: Carlisle to Gilsland<\/a>\u00a0(21 miles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/13\/wednesday-gilsland-to-housesteads\/\">Wednesday: Gilsland to Beggarbog<\/a>\u00a0(13 miles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/14\/thursday-beggarbog-to-stamfordham\/\">Thursday: Beggarbog to Stamfordham<\/a>\u00a0(21 miles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/16\/friday-whittledene-to-wallsend\/\">Friday: Whittledene to Wallsend<\/a>\u00a0(17 miles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/15\/factum-est\/\">The End<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Travel, accommodation and side trips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/10\/93\/\">Getting there<\/a>: trains and buses on Sunday<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/11\/gelt-woods\/\">In search of Gelt Woods<\/a>: an interesting side trip<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/14\/beggarbog\/\">Beggarbog<\/a>, a remote B&amp;B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Musings, comments and chance encounters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/15\/heddon-ism\/\">Heddon-ism<\/a>: my first and only morning coffee stop<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/15\/about-tyne\/\">On reaching the Tyne<\/a>: nearing journey&#8217;s end<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/15\/an-unexpected-donation\/\">An unexpected donation<\/a> after a chance meeting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/11\/carbs-in-carlisle\/\">Parkinson&#8217;s and spaghetti<\/a>: a new clinical diagnostic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Just for fun<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/13\/from-our-sports-correspondent\/\">Doping scandal?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/2018\/06\/13\/locus-ovissimum\/\">A Very Sheepy Place<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story On Monday 11thJune 2018 I set out from Bowness\u00a0on\u00a0Solway to walk the 84 mile Hadrian&#8217;s Wall National Trail, raising money for Parkinson&#8217;s UK Oxford Branch. I reached the endpoint in Wallsend pretty much on time at around 7.40pm on Friday 15th. You can see all my blog posts in chronological order, or scroll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Big Wall Walk challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}