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  • Carolyn Hyde
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It is Time to complete a walk. UK , The Two Moors Way - Devon coast to coast and then on to Wainwrights Coast to coast in the lakes district and North Yorkshire moors in northern England Leggi altro
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  • Inizio del viaggio
    23 aprile 2024
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    The excitment builds

    4 gennaio 2024, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Flights booked, gear has been mostly sorted, time off work arranged, now all I need is to get hiking fit.
    This is a trip that I need to do. Solo hiking, just me and my tent with occasional nights in BnBs. The ultimate in being both planned and flexible.
    I will be travelling through Devon and Cornwall walking the Two Moors Way then it’s off up north to hike the Wainwright Coast to Coast across the lakes district to the North Yorkshire moors. The bad weather option is to stay down south and continue on the South West Coastal Path. In all a total of about 530km over 6 weeks.    Leggi altro

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    Field testing

    1–2 mar 2024, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Out and about at Puriri Bay testing out the new gear including the home made tyvek ground sheet. As dusk approaches I’m lying here listening to the sound of the waves, pūkeko, and cicadas while watching the very large quails and rabbits roaming in the evening sun with the occasional duck thinking they were invited for dinner. A only a few minor gear modifications to make and routines to refine. How in the world do you stop the tent floor, sleeping bag, and sleeping mat acting like they are all the same polarity. A very helpful and fun exercise.Leggi altro

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    ANZAC Parade in London

    23 aprile 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    It was perfect timing. I overnighted in London and awoke to it being ANZAC day. The London, dawn parade is in Hyde park so it was up at 4am to get to the park by 4.30am. It was pretty moving as I especially remembered my grandfather (a returned serviceman) with such love. The man who taught me to play chess as an eight year old.Leggi altro

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    Stocking up

    25 aprile 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Not much happening today. The day was spent wandering around Plymouth (7.5km worth of walking) buying item that I couldn’t carry on the plane and also food and the statutory chocolate. Dinner at the local pub last night was big enough for 3.
    Let the walking begin tomorrow.    Leggi altro

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    Day One Plymouth to Brixton

    27 aprile 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Despite the weather forecast it turned out to be a brilliant day for walking. Mostly overcast with only a slight breeze.the sun came out mid afternoon. My legs are pretty tired as it was up and down with very little flat. I watch the local coast guard doing practice manoeuvres before I turned inland. I walked up country lanes and over farmland. It was drier than I thought it would be. I got to Brixton camping and I couldn’t walk another step. My dinner is freeze dried spicy pork noodles. It looks terrible but tasted pretty good. The camp ground has 50 kids doing a weekend hike but I am sure that my exhausted body will sleep through any late noise. 19km done today. I walked a little more than I wanted to but it t was too early to stop at Wembury .Leggi altro

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    Day two Brixton to Ermington

    28 aprile 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    I started the day with a lack of sleep. Not due to the 50 kids but due to the numerous big black birds (sort of like a crow). They were very loud, they go to sleep after dark and they wake before dawn. The nests have babies that YELL at their parents asking for food. My days walking was one of walking up and down and up again through farms, race courses, beautiful wooded areas and along the river Erm. It was cold, hot, raining and hailing. 15km today which I’m happy with considering the elevation and the hail at the end. . My accommodation for the night is Plantation house. A BnB of some class but that was all the was available.Leggi altro

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    Ermington to Ivybridge Day 3 nero

    29 aprile 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 12 °C

    Just a short 7km to Ivy bridge today where to locals say there is a storm coming over Dartmoor this afternoon tomorrow. They advised I shouldn’t venture up there. I am taking their advice which means I’ll stay here and head into Dartmoor after the storm passes on Thursday.
    I managed to complete the day mostly dry but by the time I got to Ivybridge it was raining persistently. I passed the renown crooked spire of the Ermington church and the worlds largest leaf blower or metal snail (which is really the old water driven turbine to power the old corn mill which now looks like inspiration for a zombie video game).    Leggi altro

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    Ivybridge to Scoriton Day 4

    1 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    The weather couldn’t be different today. The sun was shining when I left Ivybridge at 7.30am and kept of peaking through the clouds as the day passed. A really enjoyable days walking up over Hameldown on Dartmoor. The second half of the day was over quite boggy ground but my waterproof socks did a great job.Leggi altro

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    Bad weather

    1 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    What a difference a place makes. I was forced off Dartmoor due to bad weather and I felt unsafe due to my lack of experience in moor walking during adverse conditions. I am so glad that I got to walk the first section of Dartmoor and if the weather improves up there I hope to go and finish off the Two moors way and the Yorkshire moor section.
    To avoid the bad weather I took the train as far south as it would take me, into Penzance, Cornwall. Yay, The sun is shinning here and life is good.    Leggi altro

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    Penzance to Marazion

    3 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    My walk today was along the coast between Penzance and Marazion. A very pleasant and easy walk to a village with a strong Quaker history. St Michales mount is just off its shoreline linked with a tidal causeway. It is a historic castle with a village below set in beautiful gardens. I didn’t visit today , maybe another time. Brunch was the statutory Cornish pasty (my first). Tomorrow it is off to do some of the South West Coastal Path around to Lands End and eventually up to St Ives with beautiful coastal views.Leggi altro

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    Penzance to Chough Zawn

    4 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Great day walking which started with a few kms on roads and going through little villages with names like Mousehole pronounced mouzal. I met a few coastal path walkers going the opposite way and lots of day walkers. It is a long weekend here in England so I wasn’t surprised. Everyone is really friendly. Lots of dramatic scenes at every turn meant the going was slow but fulfilling. Lots of ups and downs. I wild camped for the first time and I didn’t like the slugs, or they didn’t like me. I’m not sure which. I didn’t get much sleep either as the ground was not very level, it was really cold and I kept on waiting for someone to make me move on saying I shouldn’t be camped there.Leggi altro

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    Whale bone

    Clough to Trevedra farm

    5 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Today lots of mud, snails , rocks and even past a whale bone. Of course the statutory ups and down with very little flat. Thank goodness for my trekking poles. Starting the day tired from not much sleep I walked to just short of lands end and then this nice couple gave me a ride to the camp grounds. I’ll stay here 2 nights and do a day walk tomorrow- yay pack free.
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    Lands End

    6 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Camping at treveda farm turned out to be like camping on the arctic circle. The days walk along the path to lands end and back was stunning despite the chilly wind. It included Shipwrecks, castle ruins, fabulous coastguard boats and facilities, and adder breeding grounds. I’m so glad I didn’t see one. The last photo is cape Cornwall which used to be the most westerly point in England. The house on the left is up for sale if anyone wants to buy it. £5mill = $10.42 mill nz on today’s exchange rate.Leggi altro

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    Poldark

    7 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    I walk the coast path to Geevor tin mine. Poldark country. The mine tunnels are low as the miners were short average about 5 ft and children. I was sitting in the cafe having a coffee after and someone asked me about the mine when I realised that I still had the hard hat on. After I had done the tour of the mine I caught the bus to St Ives for a proper warm bed tonight. Tomorrow I will backtrack to Zennon from St Ives.Leggi altro

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    Zennor to St Ives

    8 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Fantastic weather for a walk today along the Coastal Path. For mid week it was busy. Heaps of day hikers. It was quite difficult with only 14 km but with 500m ascent and 482m descent. Lots of clambering over very large boulders. At Zennon the church was beautiful but unfortunately the mermaid was away being restored so I didn’t get to meet her. The saying goes she lured a young man away into the sea never to be seen again.Leggi altro

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    St Michel’s Mount

    10 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    I regretted not visiting St Michael’s Mount when I was there so I went back today. The tide was right so I even got to walk there over the causeway. An Awesome place I am so glad I went back to visit. .Leggi altro

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    Grimspound and Buckfast Abby

    12 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Today I got myself some wheels (rental car) and so I was able to get back onto Dartmoor. I so wanted to get to Grimspound which is an ancient settlement. I back tracked to my last Two moors way point and walked there. I was surprised that Grimspound was on such a slope. There were lots of people there because you can pretty much drive to it. There were also lots of Dartmoor ponies there with their foals, some very young. I passed Bennett’s cross from 1702 and is thought to be a boundary marker.
    On the way back to my digs I dropped big Buckfastleigh Abby (a working monastery) in time to hear the rehearsal for vespers. Beautiful acoustics.
    I purchased some tonic wine to have with my dinner. I’m not sure what ailment I have but I have faith that it will cure whatever I have.    Leggi altro

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    Dartmoor Ponies

    12 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    It was awesome today seeing the Dartmoor ponies during foaling. Some had very young foals and I even saw one who I think was in labour as she was pawing the ground and her belly was heaving in what looked like spasm.
    The sheep had lambs but they looked a few weeks older so not quite so cute.    Leggi altro

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    Eden Project

    14 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    A day of flowers, biodiversity, and planet protection. Eden project biospheres are working to provide education on our fragile ecosystems while covering a scar in the land caused by quarrying. Did you know the pulp left over from making olive oil is toxic enough to be used as a weed killer.Leggi altro

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    Road block

    15 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    My walk today was over a couple of small headlands during which time I encountered a couple of road blocks. You would be forgiven if you thought I was in Scotland but I was definitely in Devon. The highland cows directly in my path just sat and chewed their cud and made me walk around them. They were magnificent and friendly thank goodness. But then I got to the Yelm river estuary and it began raining and the on demand ferry to Newton wasn’t running. With no other way across and the weather looking better tomorrow I’ll return to try again.Leggi altro

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    Another kiwi ( in the middle)

    Fellow Kiwi

    16 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    A couple of stunning days walking. The coast path is a little easier and I also added some inland walking along public footpaths. Beautiful part of the country and the weather while not hot was sunny and calm. I met a kiwi woman who is on her last 2 weeks walking and she will then have completed the entire Coastal path. A mammoth task. She completed the Te Araroa not long after it opened years ago, along with a couple of other long distance paths around the world. I which I cant remember which ones. She is now in her 70s. Puts me to shame.Leggi altro

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    Wales

    19 maggio 2024, Galles ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Well I sent my tent home as i was struggling with the concept of wild camp (environmentally and finding locations) I worry that it is private land. So what am doing, is bits of the trails as day walks and getting to and from locations by bus/car or doing out and back walks. I did this for the last part of the coastal path while camping and seemed to work ok. But it is time for a nice bed.
    Today I travelled to Norton, Wales and will walk a few sections of the offas dyle path. As day walks.
    For those of you who remember the tv series “The Prisoner” on my way to my friends BnB I called in to see the village that was used a the set. Portmeirion is the place and it is fascinating.
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    Offas Dyke part 1

    20 maggio 2024, Galles ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    I’m staying in Norton a little village in Powys, Wales with friends Paul and John. They run a luxury BnB called the Old Vicarage. It makes me feel like royalty. Today I walked to Offa’s dyke from their place 2.5 km up hill and once on the track I walked south towards Kington then hung a left to complete a loop back to Norton. It was another glorious day for walking. I was met with stunning landscapes and passed beautifully restored old farm houses.Leggi altro

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    First view of the dyke
    New friendsHappy bees

    Offas dyke part 2

    21 maggio 2024, Galles ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Today I walked 2.5km back up hill to the path but this time at the top I turned right. What a great section of the trail. I even got to walk on the dyke. Here it is quite obvious. Once I reached Knighton I made my way along bridal paths back to Norton creating a 16 km loop. I had to climb over a couple of locked gates as the farmers try and discourage people walking through their fields but they are not allowed to stop access as it is legal right of way.Leggi altro

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    Banished to the tower

    22 maggio 2024, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    It was a wet and blustery day today so I decided to explore. I ended up at Croft castle which is more of a stately home . Initially Built pre doomsday 1085 as a fortress but demolished and rebuilt as a manor house a few hundred years later. The inside was refurbished in the early 1900s and has a Downton Abby feel about it. The walled garden was really beautiful with lots of structures for bees and bugs.
    I then went on to Ludlow which is a medieval town. The church is beautiful and I climbed the bell tower (200 steps near vertical) to see the world in the rain. No bell ringers today but the auto bells rang the hour while I was up the tower. Awesome.    Leggi altro

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