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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A 164 km round trip from Carlisle - roughly 2 h 12 in the saddle. It goes by way of Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp, 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.
Before there was a Wall, there was a road. The Stanegate, a Roman route running east to west between the Tyne at Corbridge and the Eden at Carlisle, was the first frontier line in northern Britain, guarded by a string of forts decades before Hadrian ordered his great barrier built a little to the north. Near Crosby-on-Eden, a few miles east of Carlisle, the line of the old road passes through gentle farmland on the north bank of the Eden, and while there is little to see of the road itself, the landscape tells the story of how the Romans picked their way across this narrow neck of the country.
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The Stangate at Crosby Lodge is where the day begins. Next is 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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Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun.
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Read the complete Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun write-up.
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back through Hadrian's Wall & vallum between field boun sits at 137 km, about halfway. Next is 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.
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back through Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp comes up about 138 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Stangate at Crosby Lodge.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Stangate at Crosby Lodge write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The Stangate at Crosby Lodge closes the day.
The Stangate at Crosby Lodge → Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp → 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 → back through Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp → The Stangate at Crosby Lodge is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.