Hadrian's Wall & the Sycamore Gap

We arrived at our first night stop with sufficient light left for a walk up to Hadrian's Wall and along to the Sycamore Gap. It's amazing how much history is part of our landscape, how our children climb on 2000 year old Roman artifacts and we can appreciate the beauty of where we live.

The tree stump of the old Sycamore Tree was quite poignant. Why would someone cut it down? It's beyond comprehension. But the shoots of life give hope and can be a metaphor for life itself.

We were out and back within the hour and The Sill was still open. A fabulous free discovery centre, where a beautiful sculpture has been created out of the Sycamore Tree and there was so, so much available to discover about the local landscape. Very highly recommend but you'll need a good few hours to do if justice. They have a co-located Youth Hostel, rooftop walk, café and shop as well as all of the exhibitions:

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