Somewhere between Carlsile and London. We were supposed to go to Bletchley Park today. We should have investigated the train schedule in more detail before we made that plan since the trip would have gotten us to Bletchley at 1630, a bit late for any sightseeing. No matter since the first train to London was cancelled and we needed to take an alternate train. Once on the alternate, which was packed sine we had...
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Monthly Archives: July 2004
Brampton
1013 1016 Nice walks today, more like what I expected the walk to be like, i.e. strolling through the countryside not scrambling up and down 300 meter muddy rocky crags. The weather even cooperated for the most part. The Inn is a great old house that was a rest home for soldiers during the Great War. It has turkeys, ducks, a very friendly cat and a goat. Also a bar which was a welcome...
Brampton
1007 1010 Total for the day 9.5 miles. Along the walk it started to rain. No one even flinched and continued to walk. It is surprising how much our walking habits have changed in the 6 days. Of course some of us still don’t avoid the stinging nettles. At the B&B and find out that Nadya’s wool socks smell like cat piss. In her defense she had to put on wet shoes today. Again...
Lanercost Priory
Lanercost priory was founded by Robert de Veaux during the reign of Henry II in 1166 to house Augustinian Canons. The nearby Hadrians Wall provided a source of building material and the Priory was completed in 1220. More information 1062|500
Walk to Gilsland
989 992 995 1001 1004 Fortunately English weather is variable. The rain came and went for awhile. We saw two stunning quarries. One had a swan swimming it and Holly and I hoped that its mate was just out foraging. I tried to remember what Janet told me about all the swans in England belonging to the queen. The going was tough in parts, long scrambles up steep crags and then long painstaking walks...