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Category Archives: Traveling
How to Survive Your Spouse’s HighSchool Reunion or “I’m Ready For My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille”
Hey! Let’s go on a book tour…and add relatives, and people we haven’t seen or kept track of in years and years. Won’t that be fun? First Stop: A Texas High School Reunion. (Go Eagles!!) Now, I’m sure many of you have … Continue reading
Packing List and What I Wish I’d Done Differently for the Coast to Coast, U.K.
For my regular blog readers who’ve read this far about this trip, thank you. I hope you had a good time and a good laugh. I understand that you may not care about an equipment list. But…it may help you … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged Coast to Coast, Gaia Navigaton, packing list, REI, traveling advice, Walking Across England
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The Final Frontier. One More Doozy Bog To Cross: Day 15: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
Day 15: Grosmont to Robin Hoods Bay: 15.5 Miles Surprise! Surprise! This is the first day that my back doesn’t hurt. The sun is shining , pigeons are cooing, and…wait a minute…. I just realize that we heard doves at dawning. … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged C2C, Coast to Coast, Crossing Bogs, Falling Foss, Grosmont, Hiking, Long trails, Robin Hoods Bay, Wainright, Walking Across England
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Harry Potter, I’m Waiting At the Station with Father Brown’s Pear Drops: Day 14: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
Day 14: Blakey to Grosmont: 13.75 Miles I look outside and see rain with low clouds hanging over Carlton Moors and take another Advil. By now, our 14th English breakfast has lost all novelty. I order porridge with bacon crushed … Continue reading
What Happens in the Moors—Stays in the Moors: Day 13: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
Day 13: Osmotherly to Blakey-21 Miles Of course, the path starts out lovely and elf-like through the woods. Immediately we begin climbing through country estates of moor after moor–each one getting higher, and my eyes getting bigger and bigger at the … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged big hamburgers, Blakey Ridge, Broadway showtunes, Claybank Top, Coast to Coast, England, grouse, long hikes, Osmotherly, Swing A Cat, the English moors
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Another ShortCut; Another Mistake in Marital Bliss: Day 12: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
Day 12: Danby Wisk to Osmotherly-9 miles Okay. I’ve become a rebel. A malcontent. I LIKE using the public right-of-ways across private land and shouting (with fist raised), “Power to the People!!” I have now learned that wherever we go, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged Coast to Coast, Danby Wisk, Dodging traffic, Golden Lion Pu, Osmotherly, Shortcuts, the Moors, Walking Across England
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I Don’t Think We’re In England Anymore: Day 11: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
Blame it on the nice bed and hot tub. Blame it on my Little Special Pillow which helps ease my back. But Dallas Cowboy Fan and I look at each other this morning and say. “I don’t really feel like walking today.” … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged Ashford House, Bolton-On-Swale, Coast to Coast, Danby Wisk, England, Richmond, St. Mary's, Wainright
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Party!! In the Middle of A Sheep Farm: Day 9 & 10: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
Day 9: Keld to Reeth: 11 Miles We are now in a routine. Each evening we walk into a village, thirsty for a pint of something. We eat, do our chores: filling water bags, replenishing our packs with snacks, looking … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged Arandale Inn, Coast to Coast, England Rosegill Beck, Healaugh, Keld, malted brown bread, Marske, Reeth, Richmond, Tuna and Sweet corn
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Butt-Squeezing Walls: Day 7 & 8: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
As I was leaving the chocolate shop in Orton, I pulled my rain jacket out of my day pack. My sunglasses fell out, smacking the cobblestones and snapping in two. I held the broken frames up, exclaiming, “Now I’ll have … Continue reading
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged Coast to Coast, cobbleston bridges, England, Kirkby Stephen, Loki stone, Orton, St. Stephen's church, stiles, stone fences
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The Clock is Ticking. Now We Have To Hurry: Day 6: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
Day 6: Bampton-On-Grange To Orton: 12 Miles We thread through the tombstones, past the stone shed, and ease our way between brown cows and a bull as big as an elephant grazing in the pasture. We are now “OFF MAP”. I’m … Continue reading
