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DAY 15 OF THE PENNINE WAY Day 15 - Summary - Personal Report - Analysis - Facilities STARTING POINT Greenhead (O.S 86 - 660654) FINISHING POINT Twice/Once Brewed (Depends where you decide to sleep) (O.S 86/87 - 753669) LENGTH OF DAY 7 Miles (11 Km) 1100 Ft (340 M) Day 15 - Summary - Personal Report - Analysis - Facilities Seven miles to Once Brewed from Greenhead by far the shortest day of the Pennine way. To us this was rather fortunate because my Dad was still not felling much better from yesterdays' sun stoke which he got in temperatures edging 36 degrees during the day, so we had a bit of a debate whether we should have an unplanned rest day or go for it. The fact that it was only 7 miles made us go for it especially as the temperature was meant to be a lot lower. This decision we soon regretted as Dad began to feel a lot worse but we kept going and eventually made it. Hadrian's wall was very enjoyable to walk along, but as promised a rather hard walk especially if you are not feeling too good. We left around 10'o clock and got to the summit of Winshield, that has a trig point for around 2'o clock. Just after 3 : 15 P.M. we got to Once Brewed Y.H.A. This was by far our slowest day so far as we only averaged 1.3 M.P.H, however, this was mainly down to us feeling under the weather, and not because it is an excessively difficult walk. Day 15 - Summary - Personal Report - Analysis - Facilities To Follow... A QUICK LOOK AT HADRIAN'S WALL Before I take you into the walk properly I will give you a quick guide to the wall it's self. The date that the construction of the wall started is not known for sure, but a rough estimate is about AD 122 when Hadrian came to England. Three legions (1 legion = 6000 men) or about 18000 men were employed to help build the wall. The wall was largely completed by AD 128. The wall runs for 80 Roman miles or 74 miles in today's miles. The measure of the wall is 15 ft (4.5 m) high with a parapet adding another 6 ft (1.8 m) on the height, and approximately 8-10 ft (2.4 - 3 m) thick, even reaching 12 ft (3.6 m) in some areas. Every Roman mile there was a Mile castle. A Roman mile was 1620 yards (1481 m). For the fighting strength 17 forts were built into the wall. Some, particularly to the East, were Cavalry forts, while the rest were used for infantry. To finish it off nicely, ditches over 50 metres wide and 40 feet deep were dug on both sides of the wall. The soldiers that were on the wall at any one time could be as many as 24,000. However with all those defences the wall was breached twice. Those two recorded times was in AD 196-197 and 296. Day 15 - Summary - Personal Report - Analysis - Facilities From Greenhead 7 miles is all there is to have to walk for the shortest day of the walk. True the day might be short but you maybe looking at your watches in disbelieve later on the walk as time seems to fly like sand though your fingers as there is so much information to take in.. To start the day off a gentle climb of about one mile takes you out of Greenhead which leads you the to wall. To finish off getting to the wall there is short but steep climb to the wall, in comparison to the very gentle inclination that you have been following from Greenhead. Once the climb is finished you are now following the wall which is your guide for the rest of the day. When you join the wall you are at Thirlwall castle which at Roman mile 39 or mile 36 for English miles today along the wall. This section of the wall is one of the best preserved and in some places it is still over 4 ft high. Even though the wall is so beautiful there is not a lot to write about, the views and scenery are just about the same just about all the way along this stretch of the wall. The map for this section makes it look a little tame and rather flat as the wall seems to follow the same few contours. However, all of the time the terrain's gradient changes and it is very rare that it is flat For once I can not recommend a good place for lunch as it is just up to you. There is no real place to have lunch, as every where is full of beautiful views, if you even have lunch as the day is so short. If I had to recommend a place though I would say that Burnhead by a river would be a little better than most other places. For the one and only climb to any named summit today there is Winshield. Standing at 1230 ft (375 m) it is the highest point of the walk today and the highest point of the wall. From the top only one mile is left for you to walk to the end of the day. When the descent slopes off you reach a road. If you want to you can walk past the road and carry on to Bellingham 16 miles away. However, I recommend that, this is not attempted, to keep to the brim your energy supplies and strength for the Cheviots that starts tomorrow, but don't come to very much until the last 28 miles from Bryness to Kirk Yetholm. If you are not carrying on, still walking down hill, walk to the end of the road and turn left towards the small village. Day 15 - Summary - Personal Report - Analysis - Facilities None on route. A hotel/public house and guest houses at Twice Brewed ACCOMMODATION Youth hostel in Once Brewed. Hotel/public house and guest houses at Twice Brewed 100 meter's up the road. Both are slightly off route. Day 15 - Summary - Personal Report - Analysis - Facilities
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