June 2004 - Randee Dawn

6.5.04 Hadrian’s Wall Walk: Heddon-on-the-Wall to Wallsend

Alongside the remains of the fort and a faux Roman bathhouse and some wall is this 100-foot space-age tower which overlooks the site and allows visitors to get a semi-aerial perspective. That perspective includes the cranes at the harbor, brightly colored and noisily doing their thing. In one fell swoop you get First Century, Nineteenth Century, and Twenty-First Century. And guess which one is the butt-ugliest?

6.4.04 Hadrian’s Wall Walk: Chollerford to Heddon-on-the-Wall

By Randee Dawn | 6/04/04

I was trying to find some way to put it out of its misery because I was clearly an evil horrible person with honking big feet and this was the least I could do.

6.2-3.04 Hadrian’s Wall Walk: Haltwhistle & Chollerford

By Randee Dawn | 6/02/04

I did get pictures of the oddly-named Brocolita, a fenced-off area that has nothing to do with broccoli. It featured the remains of the Roman Temple of Mithras, which was a religion among the soldiers. A bull was sacrificed, and its blood spilled, to revive the earth. No wonder the cows look at me funny.

6.1.04 Hadrian’s Wall Walk: Haltwhistle

By Randee Dawn | 6/01/04

Wall. Hill. Ascent. Descent. Rinse. Repeat. No point stopping because it was raining (and in the rain gear it got hot) and because the fog had rolled in to the point where my view was obscured within a few yards.