Category Archives: Hadrian’s Wall Walk

A nine-patch of Hadrian’s trees

July 25, 2021 XingfuMama 11 Comments

Trees along Hadrian’s Wall National Trail in northern England.

In 2018 we walked Hadrian’s Wall from coast to coast. These are just a few of the trees we saw along the way. Often the trees were referred to as land marks in our guide book. I included two views of the “most photographed tree in England”. Who am I to buck tradition?

For Becky of Winchester’s Tree Squares-25.

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Hadrian’s Wall Walk

May 26, 2021 XingfuMama 9 Comments

Official start (or end if you go east to west) of the Hadrian's Wall National Trail in Bowness-on-Solway in northern England. — The starting point.

A section of the Hadrian's Wall National a Trail along Solway Firth in northern England. — Keep your eyes peeled for the acorn.

A straight section of the wall. — Straight ahead.

Hadrian's Wall along the dramatic hills of Cumbria in northern England. — Even on the hills the Romans kept it straight.

These are for Cee’s Black and White: Places to Walk or Hike, Brashley Photography’s Mid-Week Monochrome and Wordless Wednesday.

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Pink piled up in the sky

January 11, 2021 XingfuMama 2 Comments

Setting sun lighting up a pile of clouds in a view across Solway Forth toward Scotland around mid-summer. — This is what I think of as a castle in the sky.

For Becky of Winchester’s Square Up Challenge.

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Up on a hill…motte, actually

January 8, 2021 XingfuMama 1 Comment

View from up on the motte to the north, You can see Scotland in the distance.

St. Mary’s is in Beaumont, Cumbria, in the north of England. We visited it while walking the Hadrian’s Wall Trail in 2018.

Here are a few more photos of the old church I showed in this morning’s Pull up a Seat. As I mentioned, I have a “thing” about old churches that are clearly very much still alive. I especially like the smaller ones, where you, in my mind anyway, feel the love and care of the centuries. They lift me up and create a sense of hope and perspective for the ability to come through strife.

The mechanism to lift up the lid on the baptismal font:

I was charmed by the bird shaped counter weight that was part of the mechanism for lifting the lid of the baptismal font.

For Becky of Winchester’s Square Up Challenge

England, Hadrian's Wall Walk, Snapshots from a Happy Life

Civilization: Roof lines, lines of roofs and power lines

October 5, 2019 XingfuMama 2 Comments

On the river walk approaching Newburn, on the outskirts of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

For Becky of Winchester’s Lines and Squares-Day 5

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Cross countryside

September 23, 2019 XingfuMama 12 Comments

Countryside near Solway Firth, viewed from Boustead Hill, in Cumbria England. — View from Boustead hill north-ish across Solway Firth, the very distant land is Scotland.

Somewhere between Boustead hill and Carlisle.

Heading out into the countryside north-east of Carlisle.

Between Crosby-on Eden and Lanercost Abbey

The River Irthing from the Millenium Bridge between Birdoswald Fort and Gilsland.

Northumberland. I think these are from Windshield Crags (they might be Cawfield Crags).

View from Hotbank crags toward Cragfield Loch.

Countryside between Sewingshields and Brocolitia.

At Chester’s Fort in Chollerford looking toward the north fork of the Tyne River.

A creek flowing into the now very wide Tyne river as it approaches Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Last summer my husband and I walked across northern England on the Hadrian’s wall trail. The Lens Artists prompt: countryside, prompted me to go through my extensive collection of photos from that trip. There is one photo above from each day that is representative of the type of countryside we saw that day.

England, Hadrian's Wall Walk, Picture Galleries, Snapshots from a Happy Life

Where fairies live

June 21, 2019 XingfuMama 2 Comments

Perhaps because we mostly have alder and evergreens locally I was quite fascinated by some of the trees, mostly I think they were sycamore, or plane trees, that we saw while walking Hadrian’s Wall National Trail in England last summer.

I think I love them because they remind me of fairy stories.

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #50: Trees