On Saturday the 2nd, we went to the Roman Army Museum. Since the buses don't run very often, we were stuck there for several hours. We had our packs with use since we had left Newcastle that morning, but we were lucky that the museum let us leave our packs in the corner of their cafe. After the museum, we walked to the top of a hill where the most well-preserved part of Hadrian's Wall is. I just put up a photo of us at the top. Then we took the bus to Lancerost Priory, which is still a church today!We checked in at Once Brewed, a hostel in the middle of nowhere, the only building around was Twice Brewed Pub.
On Sunday, we walked to Vindolanda, the site of a Roman fort. They've found letters and documents and even a birthday invite there! After that, we took a bus a little ways to Housesteads, another Roman fort built along Hadrian's Wall. There wasn't another bus for 2 hours, so the 6 of us girls decided to walk the 2.5 miles back to the hostel instead of waiting. What we found out is that the path follows the wall, which was built along the biggest hills and cliffs around. Therefore, we spent 1 hour 23 minutes walking back. At least it didn't rain too much on us. We even took the easy paths, although Cassady and Sarah did brave one hill. We made it back to our beds for a nap just when the hail started and before Dr. Lindgren even got on the bus!
On Monday, we went to Chester's Roman Fort and Museum, then took a bus to Hexham Abbey. Before we went back to the hostel, we bought pizza ingredients and made a delicious cheese pizza that night. We also sampled the Once Brewed lauger, made down the road.
Tuesday (today) we spent the majority of our day on trains and buses, heading to Wales. We stopped at Flint castle along the way. We just settled into our hostel, and we can see the water from our window!
More blogging to come,
Emily Schmitt
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