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    Grey Mare's Tail, the name of this waterfall says it all.
    Loch Sleen at the top of the hikeMorning dew 🥶1Hadrian's Wall - The most northern frontier of the Roman Empire, 120km longThe wall followed exposed ridges as they formed a natural barrier (unfortunately for our legs)1Sycamore Gap, the most famous tree in the country, was cut down by an angry man just two weeks ago.Remains of a 'milecastle' - there used to be a small castle every Roman mile!We saw too many of these 😰Hadrian's WallGPX

    Grey Mare's Tail & Hadrian's Wall

    Oct 17–19, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    We were sad to leave Scotland so decided to do one more hike, taking in one of the country's highest waterfalls. After that, it was time to push on to England and eventually, home. Luckily, we had another interesting stop ahead of us.

    Hadrian's Wall has been on our radar for quite a while. Because we were short on time and good weather, we decided to tackle as much of the wall as we could in one day. After some research we chose the most interesting 25km stretch, hitchhiked to our start point early in the morning and started our journey through history along/on the remnants of the wall. After passing countless sheep and cows, climbing 100 stairs over fences and going up and down endless hills, we finally reached Otto.    Read more