The Sill to Housesteads Fort & back
Startrek day, May 4th 2022. An unexpected change of plan put us in a position to undertake another section of "The Wall". (Danny Dyer has a lot to answer for, we say it like him too.) We knew the bumpy bits in the middle were going to be harder so we thought two relatively short sections of about 5 miles each would tick part of it off nicely. After coffee and toast at The Sill , we left the car and caught the AD122 bus to Housesteads and walked back. The Sill offers parking to the maximum of £5 per day and the bus stops in the car park. Some bus passes from other areas work on the bus too so not only is it an easy and viable way to park, ride and walk between Haltwhistle / Walltown Quarry and Chesters Fort / Hexham it can be inexpensive too, plus there's on-board commentary of where you're passing, all highly recommended. The walk up to the wall from the visitors centre at Housesteads included several breath-taking pauses but at the top we were greeted by the