Night Afire: Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall
In a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, an incendiary team will light up the 84-mile route of Hadrian’s Wall on March 13. This year marks the 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman Britain in 410 AD, a huge turning point in British history.
The fire braziers will blaze from coast to coast in the north of England, with about 500 individual points of light. The first brazier will be illuminated at North East, with the line of light then making its way along the Wall to Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria over the following hour. Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall is a flagship event of British Tourism Week 2010.
Was there a change of plan?
It seemed to me that all the beacons in the area I attended were lit at the same time. They did not seem evenly spaced. Additional flares were lit in some places for the benefit of a helicopter fly-past.
Roger, how lucky you were to have seen this once-in-a-lifetime special moment!
From the press accounts I saw when I was on the road. the lighting did roll out over a short period of time, coast to coast–maybe it appeared that all the ones clustered together seemed to light up at once?
Betsa
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