Hadrian’s Wall, Part II: Walking from Wallsend to Carrawburgh

Curious to know what it’s like to walk the length of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England and experience the monument the way the ancient Romans did (on foot!)? Join Emily and Cam as they describe what there is to see and do along the first 38 miles of Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail. You’ll hear about Roman soldiers from Mesopotamia, a Smell-o-Rama (yes, really!), the modern worship of the ancient god Mithras, and what Cam thinks about Real Ale (spoiler: he loves it!).Visit our homepage to subscribe, to find us on social media, and to contact us by email:https://havetogawilltravel.com----------00:10 - Introduction00:44 - Hadrian’s Wall Path01:34 - Our experience on the Trail02:12 - The history of the Trail and the English footpath system03:32 - How we came to walk the Wall05:00 - The three main sections of the Wall06:20 - Arbeia (South Shields)06:49 - The fort and its garrison: the Tigris rivermen10:43 - Some fun on the Newcastle Metro11:53 - Wallsend and Segedunum12:02 - Latin everywhere!12:44 - Exploring Segedunum Roman Fort15:35 - The Wall Passport and Segedunum’s guest book16:53 - Newcastle and Newburn16:59 - Tyneside and its industries18:26 - The bridges of Newcastle19:49 - Newburn: Keelman’s Lodge and Big Lamp Brewery21:48 - Cam’s digression on Real Ale22:58 - Heddon on the Wall23:19 - Blackberry season!24:06 - The wall re-emerges25:36 - Living with livestock along the Wall27:19 - The Portgate and Dere Street28:25 - A digression on Sticky Toffee Pudding29:50 - Corbridge and Corstopitum30:25 - A strategic junction: Dere Street, the Stanegate, the Tyne31:50 - The Roman site and the museum33:43 - Getting to Corbridge from the Wall33:47 - Making friends along the trail37:00 - Heavenfield37:13 - St. Oswald’s Way37:39 - Bede and the Battle of Heavenfield38:38 - Planetrees39:06 - The Broad Wall meets the Narrow Wall39:45 - Why does the Narrow Wall exist?40:55 - The North Tyne, Chollerford, Chesters41:22 - The Roman bridge across the North Tyne42:26 - Chesters Fort: the site and its inhabitants45:54 - Greencarts, the AD122 bus, and why doing the Trail in 2 days is a bad idea48:15 - The Mithraeum at Carrawburgh49:34 - Mithras: the Romans reimagine an Iranian god50:07 - Mithraism and other mystery cults51:19 - The Mithraeum and its remains52:14 - An encounter with a modern devotee of Mithras54:55 - Wrap-up