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Tag Archives: England
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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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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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
OH NO! The Urgent Text From Home: Day 4: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
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
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged C2C, Coast to Coast, England, Grasmere, honesty box, Hospitality, Kidsty Pike, Patterdale, plumber, where to do laundry
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“You Said To Turn Here!” Day 3: Walking Across England: Coast to Coast
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
Posted in A Laugh, Change, Coast to Coast, England, Humor, Traveling
Tagged Coast to Coast, England, Grasmere, Helm Crag, high road vs low road, How to cross a bog, Stedman's book, Stonethwaite, trekking poles, Wainright
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Before Morning Breaks 