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 330 km round trip from Haltwhistle - roughly 4 h 14 in the saddle. The stops in between: Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7, Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha and back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Steel Rigg is the place everyone photographs. The crag rises steeply from the road, with the Wall running along its top and dipping into a gap known as Sycamore Gap, where a single tree stood for generations in a perfect V of the hills, until it was felled one night in September 2023. The loss caused shock across the country, and the stump now sprouts new shoots. The vallum, the great ditch and mounds south of the Wall, runs beside the road at the foot of the crags, and here it is clearly visible, a long straight hollow in the field, with the mounds standing on either side.
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The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg 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 51 km into the recorded legs. Next is Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha.
The Solway Firth is shallow and wide on its Scottish side, and between Annan and Gretna the land is flat and green, with sheep and cattle, field boundaries lined with hawthorn, and long views across the water to the Lake District hills.
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about 165 km into the recorded legs you reach Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha. 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 The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg write-up.
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Back at The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg. That is the ride.
The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg → Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 → Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha is 114 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha → back through Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 7 is 114 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 → The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.