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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335 km from Haltwhistle to Haltwhistle, about 4 h 27 of riding. The stops in between: Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7, Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and B and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7. The coast is the point of it.
Haltwhistle likes to call itself the centre of Britain, a claim based on being halfway between the north and south coasts of the island, and while other towns dispute it, nobody disputes that it is the best base for exploring the central section of Hadrian's Wall. Just north of the town, on the rough ground below the crags, Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp is one of several marching camps where Roman troops on the move dug defences for a night or longer, and the label includes a section of the vallum nearby. It is all part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
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Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and secti is where the day begins. 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.
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Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 comes up about 52 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and B.
The western end of Hadrian's Wall is not where most people expect. Instead of a grand terminus, the frontier fades out among the tidal mud and salt marsh of the Solway Firth, near the village of Bowness-on-Solway, where the last fort once stood. Between Port Carlisle and Bowness the wall is almost entirely gone, its stones carried away for later buildings, and what survives is a line across the fields, a slight rise and a path along the shore. In this section the wall was originally built of turf rather than stone, a cheaper material for the flatter, softer ground.
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about 166 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and B. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7, late in the day. Next is Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and secti.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and secti write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and secti. That is the ride.
Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and secti → Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 → Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and B is 114 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and B → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 is 116 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 → Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and secti is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.