Category Archives: Coast to Coast

OH NO! The Urgent Text From Home: Day 4: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Barb

Day 4: Grasmere to Patterdale: 8.5 Miles At Grasmere, we stay at an Glenthorne Inn run by Quakers. And I need to say that it was one of the few places along the trail that agreed to do laundry.  While … Continue reading →

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“You Said To Turn Here!” Day 3: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Barb

Day 3: Stonethwaite to Grasmere: 9 Miles The Magic Little Pillow helped, but it takes a bit more stretching today to get all the body parts moving in the same direction. After a hearty English breakfast (that includes Black pudding–which … Continue reading →

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I Found the Stairway to Heaven: Day 2: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Barb

Lumbering side to side like a baboon because… my back is so tight, I’m desperate for blankets and pillows to bolster my body.  But inside the Inn’s slim amoire, there is only one teeny weeny pillow. The kind a designer would … Continue reading →

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Are We Even on the Trail? (or It’s Longer Than You Think): Day 1: Walking Across England, Coast to Coast

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Barb

BIG OL’ DAY 1: St. Bees to Ennerdale Bridge-14 Miles The sun is out.  Our luggage is by the bar in the pub, waiting to be picked up. And we’re out the door and down the cobblestone street—only to meet the … Continue reading →

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What Had I Done to Myself? Walking Across England-Coast to Coast

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Barb

There’s no reason to Panic I keep telling myself. Over and over. It all started about a thousand years ago when I was 28. I was going to walk over the spine of England (North to South on the Pennine … Continue reading →

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