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Day 3 - HADRIANS WALL
Chollerford to Once Brewed

Distance: (double checked!) 12.9 miles. Poles were needed today!

☀️ WEATHER: Absolutely brilliant. We’ve been so lucky with the weather. Today’s been a suncream kind of day with a nice gentle breeze. Fabulous!
⛑ HEALTH: There are now a few blisters within the group. One has a pain behind the left knee which has stopped play. We also have chafing issues, a touch of shin splints and hip issues. But spirits are high and with exception to a bit of discomfort we are all good to go and carry on! We are like the Roman Soldiers!
HIGHLIGHTS:
📦 First stop was literally up the road as all of us queued for our first stamp just 0.3 miles into the walk. There was a little box outside Chesters Roman Fort and museum.
🚑 We kept seeing two ambulances driving up and down the road... weird!
🥾 Within a few miles the group settled in to our little waves of people. Speedy Herb & Stuart were off like loaded springs. Swiftly followed by the Whirlwind Shuttle Group. The rest of us just played leapfrog all day.
🏰 We were all rather excited when we saw our first big chunk of the wall just a few miles into the walk. Wow! Then the day unfolded and each turn just got more and more stunning.
💩 Oops, one person who shall not be named was rather attracted to poop today. This person trod in dog poo, and then sat in sheep poo! We were all very sympathetic and didn’t find it funny at all.
🚶‍♀️ We met lots of hikers today. Many were just doing the mi