Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

Photos from one of our new hikes, a long walk through the countryside of northeast Miyun District.

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The Bricks in the Wall hike is one of the new trails that we found during the winter of 2013.

This visit was the first time we’d taken a group out, and we had a great day rambling through the hills.

The weather was perfect for hiking, with temperatures in the mid-twenties and the skies nice and clear.

At the highest point we had views down a long valley, with a line of wall and many small villages all part of the panorama.

We followed a narrow road concrete road into the hills - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

We followed a narrow road concrete road into the hills.

One of the houses we passed by - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

One of the houses we passed by.

We followed a trail through fields up towards the Great Wall - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

We followed a trail through fields up towards the Great Wall.

A line of Great Wall leads up to a peak - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

A line of Great Wall leads up to a peak.

We took a hill trail around the ruined section of wall in the middle of this photo - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

We took a hill trail around the ruined section of wall in the middle of this photo.

The hills out here were really dry! - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

The hills out here were really dry!

The base of a Great Wall tower blends into the dust and dirt - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

The base of a Great Wall tower blends into the dust and dirt.

A V-shaped trail took us up the hill - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

A V-shaped trail took us up the hill.

Looking back down the valley - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

Looking back down the valley.

The Great Wall here is hard to spot amongst the terraces - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

The Great Wall here is hard to spot amongst the terraces.

After the V-shaped trail, we spotted the V-shaped Great Wall - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

After the V-shaped trail, we spotted the V-shaped Great Wall.

A view from a tower atop a hill - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

A view from a tower atop a hill.

We didn’t walk the V – we kept going up to the peak in the background - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

We didn’t walk the V – we kept going up to the peak in the background.

High up in the hills - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

High up in the hills.

Another shot of the dry hills - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

Another shot of the dry hills.

Looking back down the Great Wall - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

Looking back down the Great Wall.

The Great Wall ends at the top of this hill - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

This line of Great Wall ends at the top of this hill; the other line heads off down the V-shaped section.

The path down from the top went through a bushy section - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

The path down from the top went through a bushy valley.

More Great Wall in the hills - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

The other line of Great Wall spotted in the hills.

A valley trail past birch trees - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

A valley trail past birch trees.

We met some friendly people in the villages out here - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

We met some friendly people in the villages out here.

Lines of Great Wall in the hills - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

Lines of Great Wall in the hills.

The last tower we saw on the hike - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

The last tower we saw on the hike.

Our red ribbon, and the river far below - Bricks in the Wall hike, 2014/03/15

Our red ribbon, and the river far below. Can you spot our bus?

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