Not easy to photograph and get the scale right, it looks like a gentle incline but it's deceptive.
Early in the morning mists rise off Broomlee Lough to the north of Hadrian's Wall drifting lazily across the peak of Sewingshields, sometime completely blocking it from view.
The stile crossing Hadrian's Wall takes you onto the Pennine Way and up into the Wark Forest.
From East to West as you come down from Sewingshields Crag you get lovely views along the line of the Crags, it reminds me of a sleeping dragon, with spines and Winshield Crag is the head, fanciful I know.
The view west from Kings Hill, see the sheep in a line along the bottom of the slope.
The land around the Wall is all lumps and bumps, who knows what history lies beneath them, I often check the mole hills hoping for a sliver of pottery but have never been lucky enough to find anything.
The June sunrise catchess the undulations of the Hadrian's Wall landscape.
On this section of the Wall it would appear to be a single skin but with the side light you can see the foundation area of the original Wall.
Once the Roman's left the Wall was seen as a good supply of dressed stone for local buildings and field walls.
As you pass Sewingshields Farm take notice of the exquisite stone building that was the outdoor privy.
As I said in the opening passage it's difficult to portray just how high this bit of land is so I bring you a shot to the south with views across the lower lying land with the Military Road and Vallum below.
View south from Kings Hill on Hadrian's Wall
I had my alarm set this morning, hoping to get out for a sunrise but we still have the gale force winds and sleet so I shall have to wait a while longer to bring you up to the minute photographs.
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