Tuesday 2nd May - Hadrian’s Wall Day 6 - Heddon to Newcastle

 

Due to a muscular injury I wasn't able to do the final section of the walk. Obviously it was disappointing not to complete the final part but I was very please to have walked 75 miles over 5 days. Charles and I caught the bus to Newcastle. Surprisingly, we saw more of the wall than we would have done had we walked.

Quite a long time since I had been to Newcastle and there are many different bridges going across the River Tyne

The view downstream from the Millennium Bridge.

This is the Millennium Bridge raised up to allow ships to go past

We met Tom for lunch on his way through and then went to the contemporary art museum in the old Baltic Flour Mill...

... where the seagulls go to sleep high above the streets below

Then it was on the metro to get to the Segedunum museum to meet Tom as he finished the walk.

The Segedunum Museum

 

A coffee in the museum cafe and then the final journey on the metro to the airport. Fortunately all three rucksacks arrived safely with us at Exeter.