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  • TravelerCoast to Coast UK
    1
    Day 10

    Shap to Orton

    September 17, 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We had originally planned on doing a 32km walk today. However we were quite tired so decided to cut the walk in half.
    Cold pasty from supermarket and headed out. Met some great Aussies so lots of banter.
    Got to Orton about 2pm. Had planned on camping at pub in the garden but a busy road so walked on to New House Farm. Run by a 92 year old lady living on her own. I ended up sitting down with her for an hour talking about her life. It was a privilege to meet her.
    Slept in tent in a paddock. Good showers and had it to ourselves.
    Had a "The castle" moment. The old lady gave us some cake. I thought it might have a special name so asked her what sort of cake. "Sponge" she said.    Read more

  • TravelerCoast to Coast UK
    1
    Day 7

    Day 3. Chapel farm to Grasmere

    September 14, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Discovered last night that all the stone walls were built by monks. Incredible efforts on very steep faces. They complained to the king to say they were being hard done. He promptly confiscated the land and sold it to another church group. Pretty tough.
    Wet night. We both slept better having had a good meal and half a sleeping pill.
    Packed up and walked up to the pub for breakfast. Once again a great experience.
    Wet and windy all day. long climb for a hour or so. Once we got to top started on the high route but too windy so backtracked and walked down a lovely valley.
    It was supposed to be a short day but we are both feeling pretty tired. Combination of weather and day 3 meant a slow day.
    I think we under estimated some of the terrain. Hills are bigger than we thought.
    Grasmere is lovely. Very picturesque. Almost like Wanaka with lots of tourists and hikers around.
    I have been including some sheep porn to keep Chris Lowe engaged 😂    Read more

  • TravelerEurope 2024
    11
    Day 71

    Ingleton waterfalls walk.

    July 1, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌫 14 °C

    Started the day driving to Ingleton and doing the 4.5 mile waterfall walk. Many many steps!
    Also looked at the viaduct and the Ribblehead Viaduct. Then off to the Dent Heritage centre.
    It’s been wet and cold and windy.Read more

  • TravelerGroßbritannien
    3
    1
    Day 15

    Tag 15: Dent to Windermere

    June 30, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Ich bin nun im Lake District angekommen. Auch wenn Windermere erstmal sehr touristisch ist, freue ich mich hier zu sein.
    Die Fahrt zum Campingplatz war mal wieder von ordentlich Höhenmeter geprägt, aber immerhin kein Tropfen Regen. Wie schön! Die Dales haben mir nochmal ein paar schöne Ausblicke genießen lassen, wobei die Frau mir beim (super leckeren) Frühstück gesagt hat der Norden der Dales viel schöner wäre. Bin ich also falsch gefahren und muss nochmal wiederkommen. Rückweg vielleicht? Mal schauen.
    Der Campingplatz in Windermere hat sogar eine Waschmaschine, die man für 3 Pfund benutzen kann und da es heute hoffentlich nicht mehr regnet hab ich die schnell mal angestellt. Ich schreibe das auch gerade während ich warte dass der Footprint vom Zelt mal richtig durchtrocknet. Ach ja Zelten halt.
    Muss mir jetzt mal einen genauen Plan machen, wo ich die nächsten Tage lang fahre. Ich hab da so ein paar Strecken im Blick. Natürlich weiterhin ordentlich höhenmeter 😉

    So Nachtrag ein paar Stunden später. Ich war nochmal zu Fuß am Wasser. Wow ist das schön hier. Bin gespannt auf die weniger touristisch geprägten Orte. Wollte mich dann noch in einen pub setzten, aber überall lief lautstark Fußball und die Pubs waren voll. Hatte nicht bedacht, dass England heute spielt. Also durstig wieder zurück zum Campingplatz. Morgen dann vlt.    Read more

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  • TravelerFrance and England 2024
    212
    Day 31

    Day 30 Grasmere circular walk

    June 22, 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Yet another glorious day in Grasmere, blue sky, sun and 18 degrees. With the recommendation from staff at Bridge Hotel, we set off to walk around Grasmere lake ie the circular track. Having googled the way, I led....there is a moral there...!! Past William Wordsworth's house and turn left so we did...up and up we went with great views down to Grasmere. Then down we went towards the A591...why did we go up at all when we were meant to be going around Grasmere Lake...mmm. Chris took the road home at this point as the climb down was uneven and slippery and he was unsure about the rest of the walk. From here we wound our way through meadows, over bridges and babbling brooks dodging all the dogs and the many other people also out walking. Everything was so green and fresh and the track was well signposted. We did come across a beach which had pebbles of course. The dogs were loving the beach and chasing the sticks. We followed the lake then walked on the road watching Grasmere get closer!!
    Lunch at the Tea Room was well earned and deserved after 6km!
    In the afternoon we visited the Wordsworth museum and Dove cottage. The tour and video were worthwhile and informative. We loved walking through the woodland and orchard which were part of the cottage.
    Home via the show ground. We were fascinated watching the paragliders above and as they came in to land. Gin and tonics in the garden then a yummy dinner of lamb racks and an affogato at Lewis Bistro.    Read more

  • TravelerC2C and Ireland Coasts
    1
    Day 14

    Yorkshire Dales

    June 13, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    A fabulous and picturesque day hiking up and down the beautiful valleys and fells between Orton and Kirby Stephen. Pastures full of beautiful thick wildflowers very peaceful and serene, large farms with housing barns and large piles of used fodder with their own fertilising system of manure spread by tractor. Deep valleys with Roman bridges, rock wall lanes, hawthorn trees and plantations. Everyone going well, trooping along with little problem, only a few soft tumbles so far.Read more

  • Avoiding the heat EU tour
    3
    Day 96

    Just the one swan actually...

    December 8, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌧 8 °C

    Today was our day to explore part of the UK's lake district. We had a coffee and left for the hour drive into the hills.

    First up was the nice little town of Ambleside. This town contains a 17th century house built on a bridge over a river to avoid the town's land tax. Very cheeky!

    After walking around the town for a little while, we continued up the road to the lakeside town of Keswick, where we took a walk to Friars Crag, a view that overlooks the lake. It was lovely and peaceful, and considering the rainy weather, we had great visibility of the lake.

    After another coffee the next stop was Aira Force Waterfall, an impressively big waterfall. While it was a lovely area with a great view, it was also annoyingly busy considering the time of year and the weather, so we didn't spend too long there.

    Finally, on the way back to our accommodation, we took a lovely road that was on the edge of the lake Ullswater. At some points the lake was only a few metres from the road. It was very impressive! (And lucky that the road hasn't flooded...)

    Once we were home we relaxed a while before making up the third and final charcuterie leftovers for dinner while watching the legendary movie: Hot Fuzz!

    Step count: 10.1k    Read more

  • Avoiding the heat EU tour
    112
    Day 95

    Royal respite

    December 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    I believe today marked the start of some very boring updates, dear readers!

    We awoke in our castle, enjoyed some tea and some freshly baked bread which was dropped off by our lovely bnb host, drank some more tea before heading out for a walk to see our castle grounds and the adjourning small town of Hornby.

    Our accommodation is buildings attached to the main keep of the castle - so we aren't staying in a castle per se, but it's close enough.

    After doing 2 laps of the 'quaint' (tiny) town we decided we needed to find a walking path if we even wanted to consider hitting our 10k step goal, so we found a public path that took us through some private farms before turning around and getting absolutely drenched in the rain.

    We made our way back after hitting the step goal and enjoyed watching Shaun of the Dean before finishing off the charcuterie leftovers from yesterday.

    Step count: 11.6k    Read more

  • Avoiding the heat EU tour
    6
    Day 94

    Roman around the countryside

    December 6, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

    This morning we said goodbye to our Newcastle accommodation and headed east towards the great northern wall, none other than Hadrian's Wall! We picked around the middle of the wall as there was a Roman fort and museum there, but once we got there we found out that it was closed... It was very sad to see.

    Fortunately for us, today was the first day of blue skies and sun in England that we've had in a while, so we decided to walk part of the wall. It was a toasty 4°C and the sun was shining brightly and there wasn't a breeze. We walked past Roman ruins, sheep, frozen mud and puddles for about 45 minutes until we decided to turn around and start heading back. It was very peaceful, and a lovely way of getting our daily steps in. Thanks Emperor Hadrian for such a lovely wall, I'm sure that it was effective at keeping the Picts out!

    After making our way back to the car, we drove to a nearby town to grab a coffee and a scone, then bought some supplies for the evening and got back on our way to head to our accommodation.

    The road had us go between the Lake District and North Pennines nature preserve, which was a beautiful drive. The hills and mountains loomed in the distance, and the tops were all still covered in snow. We're hoping we get a chance to come back up and explore some of the area before we head too far south!

    Eventually we made it to the town near our accommodation and stopped briefly at the Lidl to grab some more groceries before heading to our dingy little hut.

    Did I say say dingy little hut? I meant to say castle!!! (Or at least, part of one.) It was pitch black when we pulled in so we have no clue what our accommodation looks like. I'm sure we'll have photos to share tomorrow.

    Once we got in and situated, we put together one of the few appropriate meals when you're in a castle: a charcuterie board! (And if you're looking at the photo, NO we didn't eat it all, there's plenty for tomorrow... And potentially the next day.)

    We spent the rest of the evening doing some more planning for our trip before heading to our much upgraded bed!

    Step count: 15k    Read more

  • TravelerMy heart is in the Highlands
    131
    Day 37

    Be careful when running 🍀🍀🍀

    September 22, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Abwechslungsreicher geht's fast nicht.
    Das ist wohl der Grund, weshalb im Lake District National Park so viele Menschen Erholung suchen.

    Von mystischen Steinkreisen, jeder Menge Seen und Bergen mit gut begehbaren Wegen ist alles dabei.
    In den etwas größeren Städtchen z.B. Keswick kann man gut flanieren und die Auslagen begutachten .

    Uns zieht es nur manchmal in die City.

    Heute waren wir beim zweitgrößten Steinkreis in UK.
    Anders als in Stonehenge kannst du noch direkt an den Castlerigg Stone Circle herantreten.
    Der Besuch ist hier auch "noch" kostenfrei.
    Schon beeindruckend wo Obelix überall seine Hinkelsteine abgelegt hat 😉

    Es ging weiter mittendurch den Lake District. Neben schön engen Straßen die durch Steinmauern gerahmt sind, konnten wir uns schöne Seen und Berge ansehen.

    Am Kirkstone Pass richten wir heute unser Nachtlager ein.
    Parken, Handbremse anziehen fertig 👍

    Bis es dunkel wird ist noch ein bisschen Zeit.
    Also los geht's auf Schuster Rappen zu einer kleinen Wanderung auf einen der umliegenden Berge.

    Es ist einfach so: zu Fuß entdeckt man ein Land intensiver.

    Am Berg hatte ich noch einen kurzen kurzen Schnak mit zwei Freerunnern. Ich habe den beiden noch einen schönen Lauf gewunschen und sie zur Vorsicht ermahnt.
    Nasse Felsen neigen dazu rutschig zu sein. Zack ist es schon passiert. Die junge Frau ist gestolpert und an einem steil abfallenden felsigem Stück gestürzt. Zum Glück waren alle Schutzengel am Berg aufmerksam und haben Schlimmes verhindert.
    🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
    Das war sehr sehr knapp an einer Katastrophe vorbei.

    Da wird dir bewusst, wie schnell sich das Leben ändern kann.

    Wir machen uns hier noch einen chilligen Abend und genießen unsere Zeit.

    Was für eine schöne Reise 🤗

    Vor allem aber ist, Gott sei es gedankt, der jungen Sportlerin nichts passiert 🙏    Read more

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