June 6

The end of Hadrian's Wall path. After scouting out our options with regard to getting a bus either to or from Bowness on Solway we opted for riding out and walking back into Carlisle. The bus got us to Bowness around 10:30 am after a nice circuitous ride through the countryside. Even from the high seats we saw a lot of the hedges that grow beside the road. For someone in a car, it must seem like driving through a tunnel. Most of the walk today was an easy stroll along the estuary or through fields and woods. The boring part was a 3 mile straight stretch along a road. Along here we saw our first deer; a doe bounced away as we walked along the berm beside the road. When she was noticed by some cows, one them started chasing her and the doe sped up. Now we have completed our second English trek and managed to have pretty good weather throughout. Tomorrow we will go Keswick for some hiking in the mountainous Lake District.