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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northumberland » Hexham July 9th 2014

Today we saw several sections of Hadrian's wall. Pretty cool that they made a 135 kilometer wall across Britain. We stopped at Vindolada, a former Roman outpost and village was steeped in history. The ruins there were awesome to see and are still being excavated to find history and evidence from more than a thousand years ago. Our favourite thing was to see was that the Roman's also like to have heated floors! It looked like a lot more work to maintain though! When we arrived at the hotel, we were surprised to see that there was a high school prom happening. I seemed to be quite an event! People were arriving by Limo and Hummer Limo. One couple actually arrived by helicopter! ... Only in England!... read more
Vindolanda

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northumberland » Hexham July 3rd 2014

Update mainly to check blog updates OK. More preparing, still 2 visas and carnet to sort. We did 900 miles two up on bike this week, about same rate as trip, easy on UK roads. Fitted fat shock from Reactive Suspension, bike is 50mm higher -oops, but rides bettter. Testing everything! OsmAnd satnav for route planning, Crimea looks more possible... Finding. compatible GPS package for iPad. Drift camera works well mounted on bikee, bit video from Hartside. Will be fun to contrast images from Amsterdam and Tehran.... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northumberland » Hexham May 26th 2014

Hello still few weeks to departure. last of visas & route planning, 1 more injection, etc. map is route round Ukraine, or do U risk jolly down into Crimea? think there is brand new Russian border post being built, might be worth a try, trip is an adventure. Bike is Triumph Tiger 800 XC, a British bike is bit important, it has few mods like big fuel tank. preparation stage, well ride it everywhere I can, find it's bugs, photo on track near Alston Cumbria, fuel pipe fell off. now almost 4000 miles in 2mths, so is working. Joe.... read more
Belarus

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northumberland » Hexham February 18th 2012

Said my coursemate's boyfriend, seconds before the three of us were hit by a sudden and surprisingly intense snow shower. Luckily it lasted only a few minutes, which is one of several reasons why Saturday was the most British day that ever Britished. I went with a coursemate and her boyfriend on a walk through the countryside near a small town called Allendale, which is not far from Hexham. On this short trek, we walked through (I am not exaggerating) sun, brief snow, sun, hail, wind, hail, sun, MASSIVE HAILSTORM, sun. All of this in about three hours. At times, the sky would go from being almost clear to completely overcast in minutes. But sometimes it was very nice. We started by following the River Allen. img=http://i12.phot... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northumberland » Hexham January 13th 2012

(QUICK EDIT. I published this before I realized I hadn't mentioned King's Cross. Possibly because it was a rather disappointing experience. Not only is there NO barrier between Platforms 9 and 10 (I knew this from when I visited in 2007, but it's still sad to see), but the whole station is under heavy construction right, so the 'Platform 9 3/4' sign they posted in the lobby area is completely obsructed.) (Also my train left from Platform 4. Oh well.) The Stroop Task is a famous test in cognitive psychology, requiring a person to look at a word and say the color of the ink. In the most difficult version of the task, the words are all colors and ordered in a very specific way. So for example: The word 'GREEN' pops up, written in red. ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northumberland » Hexham October 1st 2011

In the second century AD, the Romans had conquered the southern half of the island of Great Britain. Having decided it wasn't worth his while to attempt to go north of the Tyne river, Emperor Hadrian instead maintained a border to keep the Roman lands to the south separated from the northern tribes. But he was soon to discover that those crazy barbarians today known as "Scots" caused a lot more trouble than a simple border control could handle. So he built a wall. Hadrian's wall (aptly named "Hadrian's Wall") was constructed between 122 and 130 AD. It is 73 miles long running east-west from coast (near Newcastle) to coast (near Carlisle), is estimated to have been 13-15 feet high, was manned by Roman soldiers at every mile (at posts aptly named "milecastles"), and - like ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Northumberland » Hexham September 20th 2003

Geo: 54.9738, -2.07992Now to see Hadrians Wall.... read more
57 Fort near the wall
58 Hadrians Wall
59 At Hadrians Wall




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