Well it looks like pictures may have to wait until I can get some coaching from Anne.
Yesterday we left Black Gate in the center of Newcastle about 1PM.  We spent the morning at the North Museum and toured the castle the town is named after.  We started off along the river Tyne and walked thru the suburbs into the rural section of the hike. We even found ponies kept on the public lands along the path.  We got a little turned around about dinner time and things became very interesting. Due to my underestimating he distance we had to travel and overestimating our abilities, we hitched the last three mile and arrived at out campsite in the dark. We had stopped at algal pub only to find out they don't do dinner on Mondays and ended up being served a fantastic English breakfast for dinner by another camper. Troy and I would have slept in a ditch if not for these nice folks. This morning we are not as sore as we thought we would be but it's not all easy going.  We have final seen some of the wall and expect to see the Reiver Gaol this afternoon

Soph, we have seen a riding school doing jumping lessons and about 500 lambs!