Greenhead

Monday, May 5th:

Today we arrived in Greenhead and went for an excursion! We had an assignment where we had to find a castle, Hadrians Wall, the mile marker, and the old Hadrians Fort. This assignment was really tiring at first because we had to walk up a huge hill. This hill was a killer!


At the beginning of this assignment, halfway up the hill, we followed a sign that took us straight through a field that was filled with sheep. We found out half way through the field that this was the wrong way, and the sign was probably moved. So, we continued to the Roman Army Museum where an employee told us where to find all of our assigned places. She told us that the Fort wasn’t there anymore, so we simply took a picture of the sheep filled field. So, after that we trekked our way to the top of a huge hill where Hadrian’s Wall is. We complained the whole way up this hill, but once we got to the top it was amazing. The view was absolutely spectacular! Plus, we got to see Scotland which was right on the other side of the Wall. Next, we found the Mile marker and had a group photo taken here.


Next, we had to walk through a bunch of fields to make it to the Thirlwall Castle. Here, we climbed the remains and took a lot more pictures. This place was so peaceful! We came back to have supper at the local Pub/Hotel/Restaurant. This town of Greenhead was so small and probably had a population of 50! Although we weren’t too thrilled when we got here, we all fell in love with the people, landscape, and the peacefulness.