Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled rail and The English Lake District

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled rail

   The Solway Firth narrows at Bowness-on-Solway, a small village of whitewashed cottages on a low headland, and this is where Hadrian's Wall ended, or rather began, at its western end.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled rail is where the day begins. Next is Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp.

2. 2. Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp

   Haltwhistle likes to call itself the centre of Britain, and whether or not you believe the measurements, it sits at the very heart of Hadrian's Wall country. Just outside the town, on a gentle slope called Sunny Rigg, the outlines of two Roman temporary camps have been traced, rectangular enclosures with rounded corners where units on the march, or building the wall, pitched their leather tents behind a bank and a ditch for a night or a season. They are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, though on the ground you will see only faint lines in the grass, best appreciated from the air or in low evening light.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp comes up about 55 km into the recorded legs. Next is The English Lake District.

3. 3. The English Lake District

   Wordsworth wandered lonely as a cloud round here, and anybody who has ridden the Lake District on a wet bank holiday will understand the appeal of being lonely. The English Lake District, listed by UNESCO in 2017 as a cultural landscape, is a compact knot of mountains, lakes and valleys in Cumbria, shaped by glaciers and then by centuries of sheep farming, slate quarrying and, from the late eighteenth century, by poets, painters and tourists who came looking for the sublime.

   Read the complete The English Lake District write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach The English Lake District. Next is back through Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp.

4. 4. back through Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   back through Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp, late in the day. Next is Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled rail.

5. 5. Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled rail

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled rail write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back at Hadrian's Wall between the dismantled rail. That is the ride.