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His work built upon that of Henry Stedman who wrote the first four editions of this book. DANIEL MCCROHAN is a widely pub- lished travel writer with a passion for hiking and a penchant for ancient walls. For more than a decade he lived in Beijing, under the shadow of the Great Wall of China, another breathtaking bastion which he has hiked much of the way along, and written about for numerous publica- tions, including Lonely Planet. Back in the UK, he jumped at the chance to size up Britain’s very own great wall – and brought his family along for the ride. With their nephew and two friends from Beijing they all descended on Newcastle one sunny summer’s day and hiked and camped their way along the entire route. Eight days later they concluded that Hadrian’s Wall was in pretty good nick considering it was more than a thousand years older than its Ming- Dynasty counterpart in China – but were thankful it wasn’t quite as long. This is Daniel’s third Trailblazer guide – and his 32nd guidebook in total. You can keep track of his travels at : danielmccrohan.com or on Twitter (@danielmccrohan). To listen to a podcast about Daniel hiking Hadrian’s Wall, go to : www.traveltapethepodcast.com. Born in Chatham, Kent, HENRY STEDMAN has been writing guidebooks for 20 years now and is the author or co-author of over half a dozen Trailblazer titles including Kilimanjaro, Coast to Coast Path, Dales Way and all three books in the South-West Coast Path series. On most walks he’s accompanied by Daisy. Two parts trouble to one part Parson’s Jack Russell, Daisy has now com- pleted Hadrian’s Wall Path, Coast to Coast, Dales Way, Offa’s Dyke and the entire South-West Coast Path. When not travelling or writing, Henry lives in Battle, maintaining his Kilimanjaro website and arranging climbs on the mountain through his company, Climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Authors 1st Proof Title: Hadrian's Wall-5 Job No: L0317-51 / Sammi HWP-5 00 colour-Q8___Prelims Template 3/6/17 4:09 PM Page 2 Hadrian’s Wall Path First edition: 2006; this fifth edition: 2017 Publisher Trailblazer Publications The Old Manse, Tower Rd, Hindhead, Surrey, GU26 6SU, UK [email protected], : www.trailblazer-guides.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-905864-85-0 © Trailblazer 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017: Text and maps Editing & Layout: Anna Jacomb-Hood Proofreading: Jane Thomas Cartography & illustrations pp76-7: Nick Hill Index: Jane Thomas & Daniel McCrohan Photographs (flora): C1 bottom right © Henry Stedman, all others © Bryn Thomas All other photographs: © Daniel McCrohan (unless otherwise