Hadrian’s Wall, Part II: Walking from Wallsend to Carrawburgh

Curious to know what it’s like to walk the length of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England and experience the monument the way the ancient Romans did (on foot!)? Join Emily and Cam as they describe what there is to see and do along the first 38 miles of Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail. You’ll hear about Roman soldiers from Mesopotamia, a Smell-o-Rama (yes, really!), the modern worship of the ancient god Mithras, and what Cam thinks about Real Ale (spoiler: he loves it!).

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00:10 - Introduction

00:44 - Hadrian’s Wall Path

1. 01:34 - Our experience on the Trail
2. 02:12 - The history of the Trail and the English footpath system
3. 03:32 - How we came to walk the Wall
4. 05:00 - The three main sections of the Wall

06:20 - Arbeia (South Shields)

1. 06:49 - The fort and its garrison: the Tigris rivermen
2. 10:43 - Some fun on the Newcastle Metro

11:53 - Wallsend and Segedunum

1. 12:02 - Latin everywhere!
2. 12:44 - Exploring Segedunum Roman Fort
3. 15:35 - The Wall Passport and Segedunum’s guest book

16:53 - Newcastle and Newburn

1. 16:59 - Tyneside and its industries
2. 18:26 - The bridges of Newcastle
3. 19:49 - Newburn: Keelman’s Lodge and Big Lamp Brewery
4. 21:48 - Cam’s digression on Real Ale

22:58 - Heddon on the Wall

1. 23:19 - Blackberry season!
2. 24:06 - The wall re-emerges
3. 25:36 - Living with livestock along the Wall

27:19 - The Portgate and Dere Street

1. 28:25 - A digression on Sticky Toffee Pudding

29:50 - Corbridge and Corstopitum

1. 30:25 - A strategic junction: Dere Street, the Stanegate, the Tyne
2. 31:50 - The Roman site and the museum
3. 33:43 - Getting to Corbridge from the Wall
4. 33:47 - Making friends along the trail

37:00 - Heavenfield

1. 37:13 - St. Oswald’s Way
2. 37:39 - Bede and the Battle of Heavenfield

38:38 - Planetrees

1. 39:06 - The Broad Wall meets the Narrow Wall
2. 39:45 - Why does the Narrow Wall exist?

40:55 - The North Tyne, Chollerford, Chesters

1. 41:22 - The Roman bridge across the North Tyne
2. 42:26 - Chesters Fort: the site and its inhabitants
3. 45:54 - Greencarts, the AD122 bus, and why doing the Trail in 2 days is a bad idea

48:15 - The Mithraeum at Carrawburgh

1. 49:34 - Mithras: the Romans reimagine an Iranian god
2. 50:07 - Mithraism and other mystery cults
3. 51:19 - The Mithraeum and its remains
4. 52:14 - An encounter with a modern devotee of Mithras

54:55 - Wrap-up