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'And why do you continue the route from Ravenglass beyond the wall to Neatherby and Broomholm? What has this got to do with the Western Coastal Defences? You seem to be walking around in circles and covering the same ground over again. These forts are described elsewhere.

This was to show the full route north of the wall. If it is repetition please delete.'

Which section(s) should I delete, Bob? The alternative would be to say that the Entry describes an additional walk, but you'll need to write me a couple of lines to explain that.


'Total so far 53 miles. You have now completed this section of your journey: You travelled 51 miles. ... there's something wrong here. Is it 51 or 53?' - you didn't answer this either!

I've caught up on the rest now, thanks PP

I just have one question .... and if it's a stupid one just ignore it


Was Wallsend called Wallsend before the wall.


It just strikes me as a little strange that they'd build a wall from Wallsend - was there a previous wall or was it called something else until the wall.


I'm getting confused now ...

Ok I am on it

Hi Fizzy
Walls end is a modernish name for a town at the end of the wall.

It took no notice of the history of the wall just borrowed the name

53 please Skankyrich

This is a journey of 51 miles that is often excluded <>

and after Ravenglass as spotted

You have now completed this section of your journey: You travelled 51 miles.


Which section(s) should I delete, Bob? The alternative would be to say that the Entry describes an additional walk, but you'll need to write me a couple of lines to explain that.

Is the sort of thing you had in mind?

For clarity the next section of the journey is included to show the terminus of the road from the port of Ravenglass.

PS Did you have a good holiday

It now says:

'This is a journey of 53 miles that is often excluded from the total length of Hadrian's Wall. This Entry actually describes two routes; the walk along the western coastal defences, and the continuation from Ravenglass to Broomholm, north of Hadrian's Wall itself.

The Romans were aware of the possibility of a seaborne attack...'

Is that ok? I think that deals with PP's point a little more effectively

Oh - yes I did, thank you very much

Skankyrich, if you plotted the routes on a map you would see the point we were trying to make. To put it in Devon terms, what you have written is like saying:

"This Entry actually describes two routes; the walk along the coast from Torquay to Weymouth, and the continuation from Weymouth to Exeter and Launceston beyond the Cornish Border itself."

(Apologies to Bob who is not from Devon, but you know what you have written.)

The second walk is not a continuation. It is going back on your tracks, crossing the wall and going on into Scotland.

Yes, I understood your point (Weymouth is in Dorset, but never mind ) - but the forts Bob describes in that section aren't all 'described elsewhere' as you say, so I'd prefer to keep it in if possible. It seems a shame to just chop it all out and lose it. How about losing the 'Coastal' from the title? 'The Western Defences' seems to sum it up better.

You could say something like:

This Entry describes three routes: one goes from Ravenglass on the estuaries of the rivers Esk, Mite and Irt along the coast taking in the coastal defences. The second route also starts at Ravenglass but travels inland, across mountainous country. This was the supply route for Roman forts on the wall. This route reaches the wall at Carlisle. The third route goes from Carlisle north of the wall into frontier country, visiting the Roman forts of whatever. For your convenience, the routes will be described here starting at the end of the wall, going along the coast and returning to the wall via the mountain route. This allows an interested walker to take all the routes in one (long) round trip.

Hi you two
I am happy with the points as discussed it sounds excellent thank you.

PP, what do you think about my suggestion a title change?

Just to serve notice, I plan to remove this from review on Monday if all points have been addressed at that point

PP, what do you think about my suggestion a title change?

Yes remove the ref to the coast, it is a sound suggestion.

You may notice, Bob, that this thread isn't in PR any more. It's been moved back to the project page.

Yep, it's gone in-house - well done!

Thank you for all your help