The Mount - Charles Darwin’s birth place
2024年5月23日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
On my way to Yorkshire I stopped by The Mount in Shrewsbury to have a look at Charles Darwin’s birth place. When I got there I found out that it was privately owned and used for offices. There was aもっと詳しく
The Railway Children walk
2024年5月24日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Today my walk was along the Railway Children’s Walk. A 12km walk that passed through the filming location of the movie / TV series The Railway Children. It was a fantastic walk through typicalもっと詳しく
Top Withins aka Wuthering Heights
2024年5月25日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Today was an excellent day for walking sunny and not too windy until I got up to Top Withins. Unlike yesterday the trail was full of people. The signs are even in Japanese as they have a lot ofもっと詳しく
William Morris stained glass
2024年5月26日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
William Morris (1834-1896) renown for his stained glass designs which showed his romantic enthusiasm for the past with the narrative themes of the medieval glass art.
I saw a collection of some of hisもっと詳しく
Steam to Keighley
2024年5月26日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
On a stormy day what else do you do but take a steam train to Cliffe castle in Keighley (pronounced keithley)
The place was full of stuff. Including a wife calmer - see photo. Rocks, taxidermiedもっと詳しく
Worth way
2024年5月27日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A 17km loop around the Worth valley and over the moors. Not many photos due to the rain and also how many photos of moorland and farms does one want to see. I spare you the torture. Navigating wasもっと詳しく
Hardcastle crag Hebden Bridge
2024年5月28日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A walk up to Hardcastle crag today in the rain. It is the home of the northern hairy wood ant. Worker ants can reach sizes of up to 9 mm long; queens are larger, reaching 12 mm. I didn’t see any itもっと詳しく
Leeds canal and train to York
2024年5月29日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I dreaded the walk through Leeds after dropping off the rental car and getting to the train station. Maps had me walking along busy industrial roads but the nice rental car man told me how to get toもっと詳しく
Busy York
2024年5月30日, イングランド ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
A quick visit to York and Wow I was shocked to see how crowded it was.
What does one do when in the chocolate capital of England …. Yes make chocolates. Yummy
Then it was on to the museum and sawもっと詳しく
Full Circle
2024年6月1日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I have gone full circle and arrived back in London ready for my journey home.
I went to the Royal Albert Hall last night hoping to catch a concert but nothing was on. It wasn’t even open to have aもっと詳しく
Home soil
2024年6月3日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Home after an arduous 33 hr journey. Only 3 more hours to wait for my jet ride up to Kerikeri in a Bombardier Q300.
I Must go and plan my next adventure.
Signing off for now.
旅行者Lots of thoughts and ideas . May be Bibbulmun track Perth, music in either Australia or UK, and definitely some tramping in NZ.
旅行者Sounds like you'd enjoy a trip to Galapagos! 🐢🐊
旅行者Yes I would