Hadrian's Wall, Day Two: 13.18 miles

Our second day (Tuesday) started with us wandering down to the offered breakfast, finding that it was all cereal and plastic-wrapped croissants (really? ew) with nary a fruit or anything substantial in sight, then wandering back down the road to the grocery store and stocking up. I had salmon for breakfast, because salmon is really freaking cheap for some crazy reason. Also, they have ready-to-eat packages of shrimp in excess. I was in seafood heaven.

We bought snacks for the road and then checked out without any additional dawdling, since we had a good 13 mile walk ahead of us. Packs substantially heavier with all the water we were now carrying, we started walking, getting pretty excited about our first full day. On day two we're going to get our first glimpse of the Wall and really leave the city behind.

But not immediately. We amble through suburbia until we find the walk again, then continue along a path similar to the day before, with grasses and weeds overgrown on its edges, a sprinkling of locals on brief walks, and towns not far out of view.

We come back to the river (that Tyne for which Newcastle upon Tyne is named) and spot the above pub, then the path begins to change.

( Cut for photos and length. )