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A stone-built causeway, where the road from the south crossed the Vallum earthwork on its way to Benwell fort.
Intrigued by brown signs? Well, me too…
So welcome to the only website in the world dedicated to the humble brown tourist sign and the pastime known to a growing number of adventurers as brown-signing! This site is a work in progress and aims to inspire you to start randomly following brown signs as an alternative and spontaneous way to discover Britain.
Brown tourist signs point to diverse and brilliant attractions, from the mainstream to the downright quirky and every one is unique, important and meaningful in it’s own special way. The goal is get as many on the map as possible and to celebrate the varied, fascinating people and places you discover when you’re brown signing, everyone can help, so get involved!
I’m always looking for people to help build a wealth of info, links, histories and general interestingness about British attractions, so if you’re from a special interest group or enthusiast of any description please email me to contribute 
New stuff on the blog
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Sky high nausea in 9th century aviation technology
For my birthday this year my boyfriend gave me a days gliding course at the London Gliding Club. I was both touched that he’d got me such a cool non-boring present and scared stupid that I’d soon have to ascend into the skies in a craft with no engine, kept [...]