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Walking Hadrian's wall

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  1. Hi

    I have just read a bit about the Hadrians wall,and checking the internet
    I found that walking the wall might be something for me to do this summer.

    I scanned the newsgroups and found several postings about walking this path
    but most of them are several years old.

    I plan on doing this in may/june. Is July/august better?
    I like the freedom to decide how long to walk as I do the trip. Is it
    easy to get accomodation, or should I plan and book in advance?

    It seems that most people starts east and go west, It seems easy to
    get to Newcastle. How is to get away from the west side, is there a
    railway?

    Any good websites, and book tips are ofcourse apreciated.

    Thanks
    HB

  2. HB wrote

    Quoted message said:

    I plan on doing this in may/june. Is July/august better?

    I would do May/June. In that summers are getting hotter
    I'd prefer the chance of cooler weather. Some parts of the
    walk have very little in the way of cover.

    Quoted message said:

    I like the freedom to decide how long to walk as I do the trip. Is it
    easy to get accomodation, or should I plan and book in advance?

    I can't comment on how things are now but there isn't a huge
    amount of settlement on the route of the actual path, although
    it's sufficiently evenly spaced to make B&B plausible. There's
    a pub at Wallhouses. Acomb is just off the route. Hotel and
    YH at Once Brewed. More houses at Greenhead and after
    that you're into the Carlisle hinterland. I'd say it was quite
    possible to do it that way and booking ahead you'll at least
    know where you'll be each night.

    Quoted message said:

    It seems that most people starts east and go west, It seems easy to
    get to Newcastle. How is to get away from the west side, is there a
    railway?

    You'd have to get the train to Carlisle the night before.
    Overnight in Carlisle then take bus from Carlisle to Bowness-
    on-Solway the next morning and walk back. This is a perfectly
    reasonable in a day and if you stay in the same accomodation in
    Carlisle on consecutive nights means you start the walk with a
    light bag, having left most of your kit at your accomodation, to
    which you return at the end of the day.

    Chris

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