This is a shot of Lois and I hiking along Hadrian's wall.

had2A.JPG (24218 bytes)

Here are several members of the Earthwatch group taking a rest.  This cliff  overlooks "the wild  frontier of (then) Caledonia" (now the English/Scottish  border).

had3A.JPG (32910 bytes)

Descending one of the many hills as we hiked  Hadrian's wall.

had4A.JPG (39492 bytes)

This is a view of the  terrain below  the  cliff.

had5graemeA.JPG (50499 bytes)

Graeme lecturing on  "mile castles" and the excavations and reconstructions of Hadrian's wall over the last 150 years.

had6A.JPG (27002 bytes)

The "frontier" as seen from the  wall.  That is the cliff  as  previously mentioned.

had7A.JPG (24448 bytes)

Another view of the beautiful countryside as we hiked the wall.

hadnewcastleA.JPG (47234 bytes)

Ongoing excavations of  Hadrian's wall.  This section has been discovered near a major road  a couple of hundred yards from the Tyne  River in Wallsend, Newcastle.  The wall, during the Roman period, crossed the river on a bridge heading for Arbeia fort.