Thursday, October 4, 2007

Hadrian's Wall

This first photo is the warning seen on Holy Island. It has a causeway which is affected by tides. One only visits the island on low tide! Fortunately it worked for us to visit AND get off before this happened to us!!
Our next item on the agenda was to see some part of Hadrian's Wall!! We had left Edinburgh in the morning (after walking the Royal Mile) and after spending time on Holy Island knew we'd miss any of the interpretive centres for the Wall. So...it was up to us!! We did see bits and pieces as we drove but, as we have discovered here, pulling over is not quite as easy as it is in Canada. But, just as we decided to forget it and head for our cottage for the night, we came upon a sign AND a place to park!! There was a tower and a section of the wall in a farmer's field along the roadway! Over a stile and along a path with a flock of sheep watching and we were in 200 AD.!! Quite amazing and, in my opinion, much better than with glitzy displays and signs! The sun was just setting and it was a lovely, tranquil moment!