CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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89 km from Newcastle upon Tyne to Newcastle upon Tyne, about 1 h 24 of riding. On the way it passes Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal, The Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters.
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 41 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
The Tyne is crossed by a remarkable set of bridges within a short walk of each other. The Tyne Bridge, a green steel arch opened in 1928, is the one on the postcards, but the High Level Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson and opened in 1849 with a road below and a railway above, is the older marvel, and the little Swing Bridge, which opens by pivoting on a central pier, comes from the industrial age as well. Together they show how the city was built on coal, shipbuilding and engineering, and then rebuilt itself on culture, music and a fierce sense of humour.
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Newcastle is where the day begins. Next is Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
Hadrian's Wall runs for about seventy-three miles across the north of England, from the Solway Firth in the west to the Tyne in the east, built on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian after his visit to Britain in 122 AD.
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Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun comes up about 34 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal.
North of Hexham, where the land rises above the Tyne valley, the B6318, the military road built in the eighteenth century partly on top of Hadrian's Wall, runs straight across open country, and here, near the hamlet of St Oswald's, the remains of the wall and the vallum, the great earthwork that ran along its southern side, are clearly visible in the fields. The vallum was a broad ditch flanked by mounds, marking a military zone, and its scale still impresses. This stretch is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
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At least about 37 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal. Next is The Roman fort.
Down by the North Tyne, where the river runs fast over stones under a canopy of trees, a Roman cavalry regiment once kept its horses and its very comfortable bath house. Chesters, the fort the Romans called Cilurnum, sat astride Hadrian's Wall near the village of Walwick, guarding the bridge that carried the wall across the river. It is one of the best preserved forts along the wall, with the headquarters building, the commander's house and the bath house still standing to knee or shoulder height, and the remains of the bridge abutment visible on the far bank.
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The Roman fort, about halfway. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters.
The North Tyne comes down from the Kielder hills and the empty moorland of the border, and at Chollerford it passes beneath an old stone bridge on its way to meet the South Tyne near Hexham. Just west of the bridge, the Wall strides away uphill from Chesters fort, and this stretch, with the Wall and the vallum running together across farmland and woods, is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Chesters sits at 49 km, about halfway. Next is back through The Roman fort.
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back through The Roman fort comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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about 53 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun, late in the day. Next is Newcastle.
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The route ends here after 89 km.
Newcastle → Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal is 3 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal → back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 3 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun → Newcastle is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.