It has to be the Robin Hood on the Military Road (B6318) near East Wallhouses, especially because of my earlier Blog of the Sycamore Gap which was made famous in the blockbuster movie Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. I was on my bike and it was a glorious morning, sadly it was a tad too early for a pint so I had a coffee and chat, great staff and friendly little pub….
This is the Sycamore I mentioned in my last post, probably the most famous tree to be found along Hadrian’s Wall. The tree has somehow managed to seed itself at this strategic low point along the wall several hundred years after the Romans decided to leave, the wall itself runs along the Great Whin Sill across Northumberland a natural ridge formed some 295million years before the Romans had arrived. The landscape is already quite hostile but once fortified with a 6m high defensive wall it would I am sure have created a significant deterrent to prevent continued attacks from the Picts in the North.
The top photo is the view from the seat itself it was a little disappointing, but in the second photo I was standing on the Pew and I think the effect on the view is pretty dramatic, the foreground is Steel Rigg and Crag Lough can just be seen in the distance. Sat between the two you will find Sycamore Gap (to follow) a scene made famous in the Kevin Costner film Robin Hood and the Prince of Thieves.
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