We were very fortunate to have glorious weather for our final day. It started off cool, but leaving the B & B, I immediately shed my jackets. It was a short walk past the Tring Station to the trail head. Since we thought we were only walking 5.5 miles, we carried our packs. As we… Continue reading Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Ivinghoe Beacon
Tag: England
Monday, June 16, 2014 Wigginton, UK
Today’s walk provided beautiful vistas from several Chiltern Hills, chalk escarpments in South East England. This morning I saw my first Red Kite, a medium-large bird of prey. Though we climbed up down the various hills, the walk was not strenuous. If fact, it was quite enjoyable. We walked through the outskirts of Princes Risborough,… Continue reading Monday, June 16, 2014 Wigginton, UK
Saturday, June 14, 2014 Ewelme, UK
We had thunder storms all night and awoke to grey skies. Richard and Kim, owners of The Swan were very sympathetic and kind hosts who seem to understand hikers and their needs. In the morning Richard took us to the trailhead so we wouldn’t need to cross the wet fields and shorten our walking about… Continue reading Saturday, June 14, 2014 Ewelme, UK
Friday, June 13, 2014 East Ilsley, UK
Michael Lowrey, the proprietor of the Fox and Hounds, pointed out the stylized Uffington Horse. (Small white spot on hill). It is hard to discern and best when viewed from the air. He has not hiked the Ridgeway and is new to the area, so his directions down from the scarp were misleading. When he… Continue reading Friday, June 13, 2014 East Ilsley, UK
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 Avebury, UK
We hopped on the train in Portsmouth to Swindon, and the took the number 49 bus to Avebury. As we rode northeast along the coast we saw small hamlets along the bays, the harbors filled with boats and yachts. The cerulean blue sky dotted with white puffy clouds competed with the dark blue sea and… Continue reading Tuesday, June 10, 2014 Avebury, UK
2014 Updates
Monday, May 5, 2014. My sister arrived as scheduled at 6:30 am to take us to the Cruise Connection stop. The bus never arrived. I spoke with someone who was awaiting transportation from another company. When the shuttle arrived, Dennis and I were lucky. The driver said he had room for two more and we… Continue reading 2014 Updates
August 21: Portsmouth
We took the train to London from Newcastle, and then another to Plymouth. Since we missed today’s ferry to Cherbourg, France, we had to find lodging for the evening. All the hotels near the ferry port were filled. We took a bus to Portsmouth South Sea, an old district of the city. On the bus,… Continue reading August 21: Portsmouth
August 20: Newcastle and Wallsend
Yesterday we waited at the B & B for FedEx to deliver our credit cards. They arrived around 3 PM and we almost ran a mile with our backpacks to the bus stop to catch a ride to Hexham. We got there with just a minute to spare. From Hexham, we took the train to… Continue reading August 20: Newcastle and Wallsend
August 18: Heddon-on-the-Wall
Sandra, the B & B proprietor expressed a local axiom, “Rain by seven, clear by eleven.” Since it poured this morning, I was hoping the adage was accurate. Though we had a cloud burst at 11:30, when we ducked into a tea shop, the rest of the day was sunny, though windy. Since the predominant… Continue reading August 18: Heddon-on-the-Wall
August 17: Greencarts
Dennis felt well enough today to walk, so we took the bus to Housesteads to resume walking where we had last stopped. Because this section of Hadrian’s Wall Path does not have sufficient and convenient hiker accommodations, trekkers tend to stay in one place several nights and leapfrog to various trailheads: walking forwards, and then… Continue reading August 17: Greencarts