Hadrian’s Wall’s early visitors would have taken a selfie if they could - and we should too

A section of the wall is falling down, but let’s not be so quick to blame tourists for its crumbling state

Ever in search of moral panic, the Daily Mail has reported that an excess of tourists taking selfies on Hadrian’s Wall has caused a portion of it to collapse. Sadly for this theory, the National Trust, which cares for the stretch of wall in question, says there is no evidence the damage has been caused by selfie-takers.

Erosion, weather and invasive plant species are the most likely culprits, and restoration work will be shortly under way to renovate this section of early-20th-century wall-building. Nevertheless, says the National Trust, please don’t walk on the wall, but alongside it.

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from Travel | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2WiwdYu