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<\/a>Apparently it had already been incorporated into a farm cottage, and so was spared when so much other Wall stone was creatively repurposed to build Lanercost Priory nearby. Just before Birdoswald there are impressive traces of the earth banks that ran parallel to the Wall itself. but I was too late to be allowed in, and had to make do with a very welcome cup of tea. From there it was only 20 minutes before I reached the excellent Samson Inn. The first pint was an agreeable light (3% ABV) local pale beer, but it was so welcome that I probably wouldn’t have complained if it were Watney’s Red Barrel. The obligatory whinge I knew this was going to be a hard day. First day over 20 miles, first day with a full pack, first day with real hills. Indeed it was hard. I tried to keep up a gentle steady pace of just over 3mph, on the flat at least, but the last 5 … Continue reading “Tuesday: Carlisle to Gilsland”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordparkinsons.org.uk\/hadrian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEast of Hare Hill the wall follows the crest of a steep river valley. A long continuous stretch of the Wall is preserved here, and many of its structures are still visible. Some, such as Banks East lookout station, are quite large and impressive.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
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\nThe fort at Birdoswald has imposing ruins:<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJust east of Birdoswald the path heads rapidly down to cross the River Irthing, and after that the ruins are truly spectacular – here are the abutments where the Wall spanned the river:<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nTime for bed now. A short day tomorrow – only about 12 miles – but a craggy one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"