We have arrived. We are in Bowness. This is the end of Hadrian’s Wall. Through all the ups and downs. Through all the gates and styles. Through the fields and the woods, the stoney paths and muddy tracks. Through the sunshine and the rain (there was a little), and through the mighty winds. And finally, today, through the tide flooded road. We have come to the end of Hadrian’s Wall.

It’s been quite the adventure, a magical journey. We trundled into Bowness this afternoon and into the King’s Arms to celebrate. I’m happy that it’s done. And I’m sad that it’s over.  

I will now take the stone that I picked off the beach at Whitley Bay on the North Sea coast. The stone that I carried across the country. I will now take it and place it on the beach at Bowness, and give it to the Irish Sea.