Days 73 and 74 - half way through another week . Had we been on holiday today would have been my first day back at work . I would have donned work clothes, set off and prayed that the had changed the lock at work whilst I had been off . A whole months worth of would need reading. A months catch up with colleagues . The morning would have passed by very quickly before it would have been time to p Read on...
The last cat sitting that we agreed to while in the UK was for two lovely cats, Jess and Tabs, owned by Patricia and Chris. They live in Parkstone which is a suburb of Poole. We learned that as the strike days for the train were scheduled for the day before and the day after, there might be changes to the schedule on the day in between which is when we were traveling. Fortunately, we found that ev Read on...
Yes, it sure rained last night, judging from the huge and deep puddles, and was still doing so this am. So we got to poke around the room in the early hours – including doing some laundry (there are laundry rooms on every other floor of the building).
The locals made it sound like today would be dreadful, but it cleared off and, while the winds were still up from the wrong direction, it has be Read on...
After checkout, We were headed to Pahrump, NV to have breakfast with our friends John and Jennifer Trunk. It was a nice leisurely breakfast as none of us had a long travel day in front of us. We still cant get over that we ended up in the same place at the same time so many miles from home.
We headed to Kanab and as we entered Utah we found a visitors center. So we got off the Interstate and pull Read on...
It being the year of the staycation, and having a use it or loose it day of vacation to use by the end of September, I decided to head up to Yorkshire to check out the cycling oop tha. The logistics couldnt be easier, with the train from London taking barely more than two hours up to Thirsk, which is just a few miles from the North Yorkshire Moors, and about 20 miles from the Yorkshire Dales.
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Wha a day! We were docking as we woke this morning. After a leisurely breakfast up in the cafe we prepared ourselves and went ashore - today was so much better organised than yesterday. We were able to just walk off. We weren‘t able walk to town though, it is a working dock and we had to be bussed off. So we caught shuttle to the local bus stop for a local bus to take us to the base station of a Read on...
This morning weve booked a mythological tour of Athens highlights. Im not sure exactly what this means, but Issys sensing a lot of ancient temples so elects to stay in bed. Im a bit surprised shes let me venture out on my own. She said last night that I shouldnt go out after dark by myself given that we seem to be staying in the middle of the red light district. I wasnt quite sure whether that was Read on...
My friends took me for a walk today. Well actually, I chose it from four walks they had picked from a book of walks. We went to the Folkestone Warren.
It wasnt until after the walk that we got a clear explanation of the formation of a warren. Water gets into cracks in the chalk relatively close to the front of a cliff, and eventually the front breaks off, creating a new cliff face with a lot of Read on...
Whats that? A warming, golden light heating our green canopy up, whilst birds sing and sheep snort munching on grasswhat a lovely morning! Soon followed with friendly good mornings and the quickest breaky (use of kettle in their camping kitchen) and it felt almost sad to not spend another night here: Church Holne Campsite in Danby Wiske is definitely the best campsite on the coast to coast trail.
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Oh Montana!!!!! I am quite sure that God spent extra time creating Montana. We rode from Clark Fork Idaho to Libby Montana today. It was 68.6 miles, 2,861 feet of elevation gain and maximum grade was 6%. Every corner we rounded and every hill we crested (there were a lot of them!), we had to stop to take a picture. I know Minnesota is called the land of 10,000 lakes but I have never seen as much w Read on...