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A couple of years ago I spent a week travelling along Hadrian’s Wall visiting all the sites.

Off the top of my head I would say the ‘must see’ sites are:

Housesteads – excellent fort – don’t forget to see the toilets!
Vindolanda – fantastic museum / good reconstructions
Temple of Mithras – small but perfectly formed
Corbridge – like stepping into the past

The drive / walk between Hosesteads and the Temple of Mithras is the best surviving section of the wall and is well worth a view. You can see it snaking along the top of the crags for miles.

For refreshments you can’t go wrong with a visit to the Twice Brewed Pub.

Don’t forget to visit the ‘old stones’ along the way as well.

Hope you have as good a time as I did!

Many thanks. The Twice Brewed was on my list of possibilities, if it's recommended then I'll stop by. I should get to Castlerigg stone circle, as I'll be in Keswick for a day before hill the wall (not literally). I hadn't factored in the Temple of Mithras, but it sounds worth a look. Ta!