Hadrian's Wall Weekend

James and I have just had another weekend away - this time to Hadrian's Wall with the hill-walking Club. Usually we stay in hostels or very basic hotels during club weekends, so imagine my delight and gratification on Friday evening to find that myself in a really lovely small hotel in Brampton; freshly decorated, pristine clean, with an en suite bathroom. We had a convivial pub meal with the rest of the group and then a fairly early night.

Saturday was our big walk; we got the bus to Greenhead and walked to Walton, much of it beside beautiful Hadrian's Wall. I have visited it and walked along parts of it many times before but I still find it amazing that it's still so visible at nearly 2000 years old. The weather was warm and dry; lovely for walking. We had such a great time, chatting away with whoever we happened to be walking beside at the time. Hilary and I finished our walk a little bit early (we had still walked over 25000 steps!) and went to a smart wee coffee shop back at Brampton.

I had a shower before dinner and it was tremendous; very powerful! Great day.