Saturday, 22 September 2018

WALKING HADRIAN'S WALL

HADRIAN'S WALL
Some of the sights from my walk along the Hadrian's Wall path
 
 
 
Near Heddon-on-the-Wall
 
 
 
The Stanley Plantation where I found an abundance of Woody Nightshade
 
 
 
The dark plantation
 
 
 
The Church of St Oswald on the site of the 7th Century Battle of Heavenfield
 
 
 
 
Stones that summon ghostly legions
 
 
 
 
Stones that murmur in the landscape
 
 
 
 
Onwards past Turrets
 
 
 
 
Onwards past Milecastles
 
 
 
To walk with the Vallum and the Wall
 
 
 
 
Which rises and falls like some aged stone serpent
 
 
 
Driven over mound and through hollow
 
 
 
Through dip and through ditch
 
 
 
Its undulating course persists
 
 
 
 
At Black Carts
 
 
 
The stones at Black Carts
 
 
 
The Temple of Mithras near Brocolitia Roman Fort
(Mithraeum)
 
 
 
The Altar at the Temple of Mithras
 
 
 
The depiction of Mithras on the Altar
 
 
 
The Mithraeum in the landscape
 
 
 
The path from Vercovicium 'Housesteads' Roman Fort
 
 
 
 
Housestead Crags
The arched gateway in the north wall of Milecastle 37.
Shortly after this the Pennine Way crosses the Hadrian's Wall path.
 
 
 
After Crag Lough
 
 
 
Sycamore Gap
 
 
 
Tree and Stone
 
 
 
The picturesque Sycamore Gap
 
 
 
 
This little toad almost became a victim of the walkers' boot until I rescued him!
 
 
 
 
The landscape can seem almost supernatural with energy
and dark emotions that have gathered through the centuries
 
 
 
 
At Cawfield Quarry
 
 
 
 
Cawfield Crags from Cawfield Quarry
 
 
 
Hadrian's Wall at Hare Hill
 
 
 
Fungi flourish at Combecrag Wood
 
 
 
19th Century Tower at Birdoswald Roman Fort
 
 
 
 
The footbridge over the River Irthing
 
 
 
After Walltown Quarry towards Turret 45B as night descends!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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