The final few miles!

Well we finally made to the end! Although you can't see by the photo with sore aching legs and feet but we made it never the less, and the sun finally came out for the final few hours of walking! Andrew was also in good spirits as we were stopping at the same campsite so he didn't have to carry the tent etc on his back on the last day! When we got to Bowness-on-Solway we found the Pub was shut until 4pm and we had got their at 12.30ish and our bus was at 2pm so we took advantage of the bench below the finish point looking out on the Solway sitting in the sunshine trying to dry our feet off as they had got very wet today trudging through lot's of standing water along the route! It was quite a week with quite a lot of highs of fantastic views and a great sense of achievement and a few lows with aching feet and legs, blisters etc but nether the less a great week and really worth while and the bonus that less than fortunate kids will benefit from it.

When we got back to the campsite it was sunny enough for the owner to cut the grass and he had made a very good job of cutting around our tent, when he saw us he made us a celebratory cup of tea, which was very much appreciated, so thank you West View Campsite! We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting in the sunshine looking towards the mountains of the Lake District contemplaiting what we had just achieved!



Flood Tide warnings! It was amazing watching how fast the tide comes in along the Solway, not high enough to flodd the road on the day we were there though!



Last long haul from Burgh by Sands to Bowness...a very long road!


End of the Walk at Banks, Bowness on Solway.

Day 6

Another long day which has taken us down off the hilly bits past
Carlisle following the river Eden. There is less evidence of the wall
but the ditch is still noticeable in places. The day was full of
sunshine and showers and a short burst of thunder shortly before we
reached camp! The last few miles of today were very undulating which wasn't much fun on our already tired legs so it was good to see a sign to our campsite saying it was only a mile away but a mile can be a very long distance when your legs don't want to move any further! The last half a mile along the road to the campsite seemed to take forever, however when we got to camp the owners were very friendly and made us feel really at home and made us a cup of tea and let us sit in their conservatory rather than sit squatted in our tent.

Day 5

Well after a very long day which started with us climbing back up on
to the crags where we left the wall yesterday and stopping for a cup
of tea at Birdoswald fort where last year we came across the Hadrains
wall walk we finally made it to the campsite with sore tired legs!


Heading down to the river before climbing up to Birdoswald Fort where we stopped for a well deserved bowl of soup and sandwiches!