FinlandiaUusimaaVantaaVeromiesHelsinki-Vantaa Airport60°18’56” N 24°57’48” E 30 maggio 2018, Finlandia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Quick transfer in Helsinki, luckily my connection is running a bit late, otherwise my luggage might not make it.
30 maggio 2018, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Wonderful Japanese service and the plane was not full so I had plenty of room. We left late, about half past midnight so I didn’t bother with movies and tried to sleep. Breakfast a couple of hoursLeggi altro
InghilterraManchesterPiccadilly Gardens53°28’38” N 2°14’12” W 2 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Manchester is not one of the worlds great cities, but the perfect starting point for the trip. However it is bike friendly and has lots of trams.
I’m staying just near the station and an easy walkLeggi altro
InghilterraCopeland DistrictSaint BeesSt Bees Railway Station54°29’33” N 3°35’28” W
3 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Just arrived in St Bees, some are already here and more of the group due later today, we gather for dinner tonight before group 1 sets off tomorrow. We in Group 2 leave on Tuesday.
I have the bestLeggi altro
4 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
All of group 2 are now gathered in St Bees ready to head off in the morning. I’m now with my roommate Francis.
I had thought that St Bees was just a little town for walkers to stay, but there is anLeggi altro
Viaggiatore Really wishing I was with you all. I know it seems ungrateful when we have just completed the walk, but....
InghilterraCopeland DistrictCleatorLong Barrow54°30’13” N 3°29’16” W
5 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The ritual at the start of the walk is to take a pebble from the beach at St Bees to carry with you to drop the sea at the end.
Our route took us along the cliff tops around St Bees Head and past theLeggi altro
Viaggiatore As ususal your photos are beautiful. Im a bit worried that if lots of people do this walk , they may fill in the ocean at the other end .. with allthose stones😀
Viaggiatore Hope you're carrying a small pebble and not a big rock.....Great photos and the walk sounds fabulous.
InghilterraWasdaleWasdale HeadKirk Fell54°30’1” N 3°14’41” W
6 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
InghilterraGatesheadLow TeamRiver Team54°56’42” N 1°37’3” W 6 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
We had a Fawlty Towers moment at breakfast this morning, Angela had the temerity to ask for more toast, she really was going to share it with the rest of us but it created some suspicion. We thoughtLeggi altro
InghilterraSouth Lakeland DistrictGrasmere54°27’32” N 3°1’30” W
7 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
And after lunch, but finally a long steep down hill to Grasmere, about 16 K.
It was a stunning day’s walk, we took the long route of course. We came up out of the valley we were in last nightLeggi altro
Viaggiatore mary szczerbiak ... those hills are amazing. you need all the toast you can get to conquer them. Freddie would like the decoration on the cairn.
InghilterraSouth Lakeland DistrictGrasmere54°27’32” N 3°1’31” W
8 giugno 2018, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Wordsworth and all that. Wordsworth’s house, Dove Cottage, and his grave are here in Grasmere. It’s a gorgeous little tourist town, a bit “Cockington Green” like. Lots of galleries, craftLeggi altro
