Adventure Journals

They made it! 📍 Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway 🥾 Distance: Approx. 15 miles 🌤️ Weather: Drizzle to start, ending with glorious seaside sunshine 🩹 Health: One cut head, many blisters, and a very tired but determined bunch The one with… The gin-fuelled pub stop The musical toilet The final triumphant steps into Bowness Today was the…

📍 Birdoswald to Carlisle 🥾 Distance: Most walked around 18 miles (well done, you hardy lot!) 🌤️ Weather: Breezy, dry, and just right for walking 🩹 Health: One down (pothole vs knee – pothole wins), a few more blisters, but the determination from this group is something else! The one with… A man down An…

📍 Housesteads to Birdoswald Fort 🥾 Distance: 16 miles 🌤️ Weather: Much improved – still windy, occasional showers, but plenty of sunshine 🦶 Health: Pinky toe blisters are having a moment The one with… The return of the PUDs (Pointless Ups and Downs) A flying sit pad and an unlikely fishing rod An emotional moment…

Hadrian’s Wall – Day 3 📍 Location: Chollerford to a random rock cluster in the middle of nowhere 🥾 Distance: 3.8 miles 🌬️ Weather: A bit wet… a bit wild… a lot windy! 🩹 Health: A few more feet to tend to, but nothing too dramatic. No one lost a toe. The one with soggy…

Heddon-on-the-Wall ➜ Chollerford 📍 Location: Heddon-on-the-Wall to Chollerford 🥾 Distance: 18 miles ☁️ Weather: Started wet, then unexpectedly turned into glorious sunshine 🩹 Health: A few sore feet, aching hips, and those pesky blisters making an appearance — spirits still high The one with the rain, the beautiful blue fields, and a few cows. Trail…