Saturday 9 July 2022, Day 6 on the West Highland Way (WHW) Crainlarish to Tyndrum. 7.14 miles by Garmin, 1253 elevation gain by All Trails, 3 hours 30 minutes walking. Today one device or the other went to sleep on me so all numbers are highly suspect but within the ballpark of the distance in the booklet for this leg.
Our group is in two different places that are side by side in Crainlarish. Thi Read on...
This fort and the adjacent town precedes the building of Hadrians Wall by forty years, thus constructed during AD 120s. We see an active archeological dig with folks scrapping bits of earth unearthing more artifacts.
Before we begin the next entry must apologize for being remis as no mention of a wonderful, and quite long, conversation with a couple of Scots eating at a table next to us in Keswic Read on...
Lazy morning in Baker City. As we didnt have a long leg length planned for today, we kind of took our time in getting on the Road. We left Baker City close to 9:00 with our destination being Heppner, OR. We headed north on Highway 84 to North Powder and passed the 45th parallel. This is the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole. We stopped at a small truck stop to fuel up and get a Read on...
This list has changed rather dramatically from the last time I saw it. This one is from Travel Awaits (MSN) that is rather shocking, since Singapore, my personal favorite, is number eight!!! As times goes, the airlines change as well. I have a letter grade for my assessment of the airlines. Here is the list:Lufthansa I just flew them to Frankfurt, and on to Athens, Greece. They lost my luggage, an Read on...
The Pancake Rocks at Dolomite Point near Punakaiki are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes.
The foundations of the Pancake Rocks were formed 30 million years ago when minute fragments of dead marine creatures and plants landed on the seabed about 2 km below the surface.
Immense water pressure caused them to solidify into layers of more resistan Read on...
From time to time, to keep me occupied in my I decide to do a theme on Facebook. In the past Ive featured mythological paintings and LP covers. Ive to the end of my latest theme: favourite movie actors. I have posted one actor each day for 22 days. My selection includes both superstars and actors. It seems a pity not to post my opinions as a single article, so here it is – of all my Facebook Read on...
Were up in the air again. Smooth check in, well under the luggage allowance (which is 31 kg, which seems a lot) and cruising along at 35000 ft. There was a trick when we saw our gate and the final boarding call but it was just ‘Greek! Our gate, our flight number, our airline but the final call was for the previous flight from that gate and had not been amended. Only mild panic but really no dram Read on...
Left the camper in Mt Isa and travelled the Overlanders Way on the Barkly Highway on an excellent sealed, double lane road. The scenery was the best we had travelled through. Undulating, very rugged, highly vegetated hill country. Cloncurry advertises itself as, The Friendly Heart of Outback Queensland. It proved to be so as all who we met were indeed friendly. From our readings we learned that in Read on...
Indonesia, located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, has the highest number of active volcanoes in the world. Of the total 147 volcanoes, Indonesia has 129 active volcanoes. Its a shame if I, being Indonesian, had not climbed any volcano. When a friend of mine asked me along trekking to Mt Papandayan, Garut, West Java, early last year, Id thought she was joking. Did she just ask me to go to a mountain? Read on...
Up at 6:30. Luggage to the bus at 7:15. Breakfast at 7:30. Bus pulls out at 8:30. This is the first time we havent had a buffet breakfast, but the menu was still pretty much the same, with the addition of pancakes and French toast. Today I had French toast with fresh fruit and cream cheese.
Our first goal today was The Cliffs of Moher. The Cliffs of Moher run along the west coast of Ireland, in C Read on...