More Roman Around - Hadrian's Wall and Housteads Fort.

The day we went to Hadrian's Wall was very mizzly drizzly - all I could think about was those poor Roman soldiers with the wind blowing up their short skirts! Hadrian's Wall is pretty spectacular. It is amazing to think that so much of it has survived almost 2000 years - particularly when local farmers also build their walls from stone and would have no doubt "borrowed" bits and pieces of it for their own fences. It is a pretty steep walk up from the car park to the remains of the housteads Fort, but the view from up there is worth it. They say on a clear day you can see from one side of England to the other and I could well believe it.