Hello!
Tis me, Lady Maairy on my most recent escapade!
Some tall adolescent lads decided to take me on their trip camping along Hadrian’s wall!
It was a very enjoyable trip (apart from sleeping in the tent, which was a bit cramped, seeing as I normally enjoy the luxury of my own field).
We set out from just outside Carlisle and walked all the way back to my home, just outside Morpeth, and let me tell you, my little legs were completely worn out by the first mile! (Low fat grass in the future I think) But at least one of the lads gave me a lift in a private compartment in their rucksack!
Along the wall, the Romans built a milecastle every Roman mile! I ponder looking at one of the ruins I found where the sheep lived? Hopefully inside the castle seeing as there is many dangerous cliffs about and I don’t think I would be able to cling on, never mind old Sheepious Maximus!
The wall stretches about 73 miles end to end, and while we only covered two-thirds of it, it was quite enough I can tell you! There is some very pretty stretches of the wall where it slinks over into the distance which looked very cool!
On our final camping night I came across a very welcome and familiar sight! It turns out that the farm we were staying at owned a small flock of Ryland sheep!! Just like back home! I went and had a little converse with these new sheep and they were very polite, although they spoke in some strange language, latan or something, and they had a big chief sheep called Baaaaaaaa-us Maximus!
Overall it was a very enjoyable trip and who knows what great length I will be walking next time!!!
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