CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Haltwhistle it runs 112 km to Haltwhistle; allow about 1 h 30 of riding. On the way it passes Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun, Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 and back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun. The line favours views over speed.
Haltwhistle likes to call itself the centre of Britain, a claim based on measurements that no one outside the town quite trusts, but which has produced a very good tourist sign. The town sits in the South Tyne valley, a few kilometres south of Hadrian's Wall, and the wall and vallum between Fell End and the neighbouring crags form one of the most atmospheric sections of the whole frontier. The label here mentions a Roman temporary camp, and the district is full of such earthworks, built by marching legions as they moved through the area.
Read the complete Fell End Roman temporary camp and section write-up.
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Fell End Roman temporary camp and section 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.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun write-up.
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Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7.
It takes a little imagination to find the Roman frontier in Benwell, a suburb on the western hill of Newcastle, but it is there, tucked between semi-detached houses and bus stops. Wall mile 7 counts the distance from the Wall's eastern end at Wallsend, and in this part of the city the Romans built a fort called Condercum on the high ground above the Tyne, with fine views up and down the river. Most of it now lies under roads and housing, yet two small survivals make the detour worthwhile.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 write-up.
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about 56 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun, late in the day. Next is Fell End Roman temporary camp and section.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fell End Roman temporary camp and section write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Fell End Roman temporary camp and section. That is the ride.
Fell End Roman temporary camp and section → Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 29 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 in wall mile 7 is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 → back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun → Fell End Roman temporary camp and section is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.