Hadrian’s Wall

Details

Becoming a World Heritage Site in 1987, Hadrian’s Wall stretches 73 miles from Newcastle in the east to Carlisle in the west. In so doing it must traverse the Tyne Valley as well as passing over some difficult high ground, following the Whin Sill in places. As well as the wall, there is an accompanying ditch, regularly placed milecastles as well as several full sized forts. Conveniently for visiting, the B6318 follows much of the route of the wall.

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrians_Wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian http://explore-hadrians-wall.com/

Heddon on the Wall

Date	30 Oct 2010
Location	Heddon on the Wall	NZ 1361 6693	54.996823°N 1.788749°W

Walwick

Date	30 Oct 2010
Location	near Walwick	NY 8833 7133	55.036366°N 2.184112°W

Housesteads Roman Fort

Date	30 Oct 2010
Location	Housesteads Roman Fort	NY 7896 6880	55.013285°N 2.330502°W
Details	Know as Vercovicium, it was built soon after the wall was commenced, and is situated on the Whin Sill.
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercovicium http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/housesteads-roman-fort-hadrians-wall/

Column

Floor Detail

Steel Rigg

Date	30 Oct 2010
Location	Steel Rigg	NY 7529 6761	55.002481°N 2.387724°W

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Old, Royal Tweed and Royal Border Bridges

Date	23 Oct 2010
Location	Berwick-upon-Tweed	NT 9978 5265	55.767224°N 2.005067°W
Details	Berwick is the northernmost town in England situated at the mouth of the River Tweed, 2miles south of the Scottish border. Approaching from the south, the most apparent feature is it’s multiplicity of bridges.  Old Bridge is the original 15 span sandstone arch bridge built in the 17C. It was part of the main route from London to Edinburgh. This is still in use, but only in one direction. The Royal Border Bridge is a locomotive viaduct with 28 arches built by Robert Stephenson in 1847. The Royal Tweed Bridge. Built in 1925 using four concrete arches. The spans of the arches vary dramatically (50m, 74m, 95m, 110m) Not content with three bridges, the modern A1 crosses the Tweed across yet another bridge to the east of the town, and the oldest suspension bridge in the world still carrying traffic (Union Bridge) is a further 4 miles upstream
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick_Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Border_Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Tweed_Bridge

Tweed Bridges

Lobster Pots

Town Hall

Lower Aberglaslyn

Cloud River

Date	13 Nov 2010
Location	Afon Glaslyn, Gwynedd	SH 5931 4468	52.980971°N 4.096946°W
Details	The Afon Glaslyn rises on the southern slopes of Snowdon and makes it’s way via Nant Gwynant to Beddgelert. From here, the river is hemmed in on both sides by the high and narrow Aberglasyn Pass, with the river tumbling it’s way over a series of small falls. Below Aberglaslyn Bridge, the valley opens into the flat agricultural plain of Traeth Mawr and the river flows slow and deep. The altitude of the river below Pont Croesor is at sea level. Traeth Mawr was reclaimed from the sea by the building of Porthmadog Cob in 1811 by William Maddocks.
Links	Flickr Slideshow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Glaslyn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traeth_Mawr

Afon Glaslyn

And as an interesting experiment, here is an upside down version of the previous image.

Inverted

Seahouses Harbour

Rainbow over Farne Islands

Date	24 Oct 2010
Location	Seahouses, Northumbria	NU 2212 3220	55.582996°N 1.650642°W
Details	Seahouses is a large village with a natural harbour that formerly served the fishing industry. Although the fishing has declined, the harbour is still busy, being the embarcation point for several tourist boats that visit the nearby Farne Islands. It is also the home of the Swallowfish smokery that has been in operation since 1843.
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahouses http://www.seahouses.org/http://www.seahouses.org/ http://www.swallowfish.co.uk/

Wave crashing over harbour wall

Tour Boats at Harbour

Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle

Date	24 Oct 2010
Location	Bamburgh, Northumbria	NU 1834 3509	55.609087°N 1.710316°W
Details	Another Northumberland Castle that owes it’s elevation to the igneous Whin Sill dolerite exposure.It overlooks the Farne Islands to the east, with Lindisfarne lying a few miles to the north. The site of the castle was formerly occupied by a 5th century Briton fort. The current castle was built in stages, fortifications being put in place by the Normans, then the Keep by Henry II in 1164. The Great Hall was built by Henry III, then defences against the Scots put up by Henry Percy (Shakespeare’s Hotspur) in 1403. During the War of the Roses, Bambrough Castle was one of the last to fall into Yorkist hands in 1464. The castle remained in Royal hands until 1610. The castle then fell into a ruinous state, but was slowly restored by subsequent owners during the 18th and 19th century. In 1894, the industralist Lord Armstrong of Cragside purchased the castle, and completed it’s restoration. The castle remains the home of the Armstrong family.
Links	http://www.bamburghcastle.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamburgh_castle

Bamburgh Castle

The Keep

Inner Farne

Date	24 Oct 2010
Location	Farne Islands, Northumbria	NU 2177 3592	55.616449°N 1.655781°W
Details	The Farne Islands consist of several islands and reefs about 2 miles off the mainland. There are several lighthouses, both in use and abandoned. The Farne Islands are a marine continuation of the doleritic Whin Sill that underlies much of the North East of England. The islands host a large colony of Grey Seals. Several boat trips leaving from Seahouses visit the islands.
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farne_islands

Radio Receiver

Date	24 Oct 2010
Location	Armstrong and Aviation Museum	NU 1824 3515	55.609623°N 1.71192°W
Details	Originally the laundry house, this houses aviation artefacts from two world wars as well as documenting the achievements of the first Lord Armstrong. Born William Armstrong in Newcastle, Armstrong was an engineer and industrialist who did much to advance the discipline of hydraulics. Later his company started developing armaments and warships.
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_George_Armstrong,_1st_Baron_Armstrong

Rotary Armstrong Siddeley Engine

Inside the Castle

Part of the Great Hall

Etal Castle

Etal Castle Gatehouse

Date	28 Oct 2010
Location	Etal, Northumbria	NT 9251 3931	55.64728°N 2.120528°W
Details	Originally founded as a manor house by the Manners family in the 12th C, a license was obtained in 1341 to crenellate the house and to build a fortified wall and gatehouse. Etal castle fell to the Scots under James IV in 1513 when his army of 30,000 invaded England prior to the Battle of Flodden.
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etal_Castle http://www.ford-and-etal.co.uk/

Original Tower

Original Tower

Details

The tower is built out of sandstone, and it is possible to see where the tower was extended by the subsequent use of a lighter coloured stone.

Elderberries

Dunstanburgh Castle

Dunstanburgh Castle

Date	25 Oct 2010
Location	Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumbria	NU 2545 2210	55.492015°N 1.598618°W
Details	Dunstanburgh Castle stands on a headland formed by the hard igneous dolerite of the Whin Sill. It dates from the early 14th C and consists of the south facing gatehouse which was the residential area, and the Lilburn Tower which was a watchtower providing good views to the north and west.
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunstanburgh_Castle

Kestrel near Lilburn Tower

Kestrel

Dunstanburgh Castle Gatehouse

Anticlinal fold in thinly bedded carboniferous limestone

Seabow

Craster

Craster is a small fishing village on the Northumberland coast just to the south of Dunstanburgh Castle. The Great Whin Sill (an igneous dolerite sill) outcrops to the north and west of the village, and this in the past has been quarried in places, to be shipped from the harbour.

Craster Harbour

Date	25 Oct 2010
Location	Craster, Northumbria	NU 2589 1998	55.472989°N 1.591955°W

Craster Harbour and Dunstanburgh Castle

Craster Harbour

Kipper Smokery

Location	Robson Smokery, Craster	NU 2583 1990	55.472252°N 1.592867°W
Details	Robson & Sons Ltd is a traditional oak smokery curing herring and salmon in the original 130 year old smokehouse
Links	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craster http://www.kipper.co.uk/home.html

Internet Order Craster Kippers

Hawick

Hawick is a small town in the Scottish Borders at the confluence of the Teviot and Slitrig rivers. The wide High Street has a profusion of sandstone buildings, including the imposing, turreted Town Hall.

Hawick Town Hall

Date	23 Oct 2010
Location	Hawick	NT 5029 1460	55.422694°N 2.786922°W
Details	The Town Hall is built in the Scottish baronial style, and was designed by the architect James Campbell Walker in 1883 when he won a competition to design the building. Construction was completed in 1886.

River Slitrig near confluence with the Teviot

Date	23 Oct 2010
Location	Hawick	NT 5017 1449	55.421805°N 2.788789°W
Details	Also known as Slitrig Water, it rises from the hills to the south of Hawick, joins the Teviot in the town, which in turn joins the Tweed near Kelso.

Links

http://www.hawickonline.com/gallery     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_baronial_style