CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 170 km round trip from Benwell - roughly 2 h 18 in the saddle. On the way it passes Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal, The section of Stanegate Roman road from F, Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky La and back through The section of Stanegate Roman road from F. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 is where the day begins. 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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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is The section of Stanegate Roman road from F.
Haltwhistle likes to call itself the centre of Britain, and on the road through the South Tyne valley it is easy to believe that this is where England quietly runs out of people. Just north of the town, the line of the Stanegate, the Roman road that linked Carlisle with Corbridge, crosses farmland on the flank of the valley. Little of it shows as more than a faint agger, a raised bank under the grass, but it is older than Hadrian's Wall, which runs along the crags a few kilometres to the north.
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about 57 km into the recorded legs you reach The section of Stanegate Roman road from F. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky La.
Just east of Carlisle, near the village of Scotby, the Wall leaves almost no mark on the land. Here, at the western end of the Roman frontier, it was built first of turf and timber before being rebuilt in stone, and much of that stone has since been carried off to build farmhouses, churches and field walls. What survives is mostly buried, a faint line in the pasture or a slight ridge followed by a hedge. The vallum, the great earthwork that ran behind the wall, sometimes shows as a shallow trough in the fields. Yet this quiet stretch is part of the same World Heritage site as the dramatic crags further east, and walking the Hadrian's Wall Path through it gives a sense of continuity across the whole country.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky La, about halfway. Next is back through The section of Stanegate Roman road from F.
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back through The section of Stanegate Roman road from F sits at 140 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal.
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back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal comes up about 141 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 closes the day.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal → The section of Stanegate Roman road from F is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The section of Stanegate Roman road from F → Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky La is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky La → back through The section of Stanegate Roman road from F is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The section of Stanegate Roman road from F → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum between St Oswal → Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.