Although I probably wouldn’t have booked a trip here by itself, it was nice to make a stop at this UNESCO World Heritage site. The history of Hadrian’s wall dates back to the years AD122-30 when it was built as a Roman frontier by the order of the Emperor Hadrian to separate the Romans from the barbarians. It was 73 miles long and ran from Wallsend-on-Tyne in the east to Bowness on the Solway Firth in the west. Today most of it has crumbled away or the stones used for building but a significant portion of the wall still exists and can be followed on foot along the Hadrian’s Wall Path. We didn’t hike any of the path but made a stop in Newcastle for a photo op.