Comments on: They built a wall…

By: Hezabelle » Wall walking

Hezabelle » Wall walking — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:43:25 +0000

[...] Jes and Tariq came to visit, they decided they wanted to see Hadrian’s Wall. They wanted to see Vindolanda, where I did my excavation in April and some other wallish [...]

By: Hezabelle

Hezabelle — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:25:02 +0000

hehe Chris, that’s the song I was singing when I wrote it. :)

By: The Chris

The Chris — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:11:09 +0000

Really Sarah? I get the intro to The Big Bang Theory tv show… The History of Everything” by Barenaked Ladies….”We built a wall, we built the pyramids”….

By: Faebala

Faebala — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:28:58 +0000

Every time I come to your blog to check it (and its lack of updates :P ) I see the title for this blog and I get that really annoying, “We built this city …. on ROCK AND ROLL” song stuck in my head.

Another reason you need to update, haha.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:26:52 +0000

Hezabelle! Thank you for the wishes : ) I must say, I love reading about your trips and adventures in England! : ) Walking the Wall… looks like a challenge to me! Hope you’ll make it! : )

By: Christine Sweeton (The Chris)

Christine Sweeton (The Chris) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:52:36 +0000

80 miles is just under 130km. To walk that in 6 days you would need to do just over 20km a day. The average person walks at about 4km an hour which means you would need to walk at a steady speed without breaks for 5 hours a day (3 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon.) That is totally doable. Though please start out each day early, I will worry about you walking in the dark. Also you would have to train up to that. Aka walking from your place to Willington Quay (10k away) and back along the river or on A186 (City Rd./Walker Rd/etc.) Sounds like an awesome trip!! Look forward to hearing about it.

By: Hezabelle

Hezabelle — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:59:29 +0000

THAT walking trail seems very Northern and cold. But I would so do it!! I like walking!

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:11:59 +0000

Ah, the WALL!

Always hilarious how some Scots think it was designed to keep the Romans out…

And then get told that Hadrian was a Roman…

The West Highland Way is meant to be the best walking route in Britain: http://www.walkinginscotland.org

If you fancy it… :)

By: Eleni

Eleni — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:24:38 +0000

Coming from the Americas, where the very oldest structures you’ll find are from the 18th, maybe 17th centuries, it is always amazing to go to Europe and see things that people built THOUSANDS of years ago. Very cool.