I started today’s final section of the Hadrian’s Wall Path early in some lovely weather. I met someone on his first day of the walk. It depends if your an East to West person like me or a West to East person, you see.
It was actually yesterday lunchtime when the realisation struck me that there were more miles behind me than ahead of me.
Today there were some beligerent cows, some puddles, a top toilet at St Michael’s Church Burgh on Sands, a lovely pub, the Highland Laddie at Glasson, a lot of butterflies in the sunny bits, and the juicy blackberries were back.
At Port Carlisle there were the ruins of the old structures associated with the former ship canal and many interesting wading birds, including several herons and some egrets. These observations just some of what have made the whole walk both ordinary and extraordinary.
The rain started just as I got to the Bowness on Solway sign but it wasn’t far from there to the final bed and breakfast of this adventure where I was greeted with free cake. It’s been quite an adventure. Tomorrow I begin the journey home.

May the road rise to meet you,
Whatever that means;
May the cattle part before you;
May the blackberries be juicy and plentiful in the hedges;
May the tide be in your favour;
And may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

In our life and our believing
The love of God