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Lifted my bike off its rack, third day in a row.

Enjoyed a mid-morning coffee at the University of Minnesota. The steel balls under the glass tabletop once crushed taconite into fine sand. Huge magnets then separated out high-grade ore. The process, developed at the U of M, established Minnesota’s Iron Range.

Cycled across a roiling Mississippi.

Bonus post: depiction of airport congestion, AMS, Amsterdam Schiphol.

Au revoir Hadrian’s Wall, airside at NCL, Newcastle upon Tyne. Today: NCL-AMS-MSP.

My brother walked with me for the last few miles to the end of the Hadrian’s (Roman) Wall Path at Wallsend. The signs in the Wallsend metro station are in English and Latin

View from my Wylam room. After walking 18 miles today, I’m too tired to cross the road.

Posted Snapshots: Hadrian’s Wall Path.

We pushed on east folowing the line of Hadrian’s (Roman) Wall. We passed the remains of many structures, including turrets, milecastles, a temple, and this bathhouse at a big fort (Housesteads).

The Three Amigos, back together to march in the footsteps of Roman soldiers. The Roman Wall is behind us.

Walked with a friend alongside a contiguous section of the remains of the Roman Wall for several miles. Sometimes more “modern” buildings provided interesting juxtapositions.

Marched along the Roman Military Way. The Romans liked straight lines, undeterred by topography.

Posted The Road to Minneapolis: Mile 1.

My bedroom window in Bowness-on-Solway on the west side of England. Over the next week I’ll walk to Wallsend on the east side of England, following the remains of Hadrian’s (Roman) Wall.

Looked for places in my home town, Newcastle upon Tyne, that I hadn’t noticed when I was a child. This building, The Toffee Factory, houses offices for twenty digital and creative businesses. Until the 1950’s it was a Maynards candy factory.

Daffodils strutted their stuff en masse.