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From 22nd to 26th June, we walked along Hadrian's Wall path across the North of England from Bowness near Carlisle in the West to Newcastle in the East. We were raising money for the Friends of the Neonatal Unit at St George's hospital in Tooting, London.

The wall is 84 Roman miles long (a Roman mile is slightly shorter than a modern imperial mile at 45 Roman miles to 43 modern miles or 69 kilometres) and the path is slightly longer as it meanders around the wall.

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Day 1: Bowness on Solway to Banks - approx 29 miles
Day 2: Banks to The Old Repeater (near Housesteads fort) - approx 20 miles
Day 3: The Old Repeater (near Housesteads fort) to Port Gate (near Corbridge) - approx 12 miles
Day 4: Port Gate (near Corbridge) to Newburn - approx 14 miles
Day 5: Newburn to Wallsend (Segundum fort) - approx 12 miles
Total: 87 miles