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Camino Santiago – Classic Walks

November 15, 2010 By Almis Simans

Camino: A Classic pilgrimage through Spain: Spain’s Camino Frances is one of the best known walks in Spain. This walk takes you through the drier regions such as Rioja and Castile, then through to cooler Galicia. The traditional  Camino begins in St Jean Pied-de-Port, crosses the Pyrenees to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, The Walks Tagged With: Camino accommodation, Camino itinerary, Camino route, Camino Santiago, Camino walk, walking holidays, walking in Spain

Offa’s Dyke – Classic Walks Itinerary

November 12, 2010 By Almis Simans

Offa’s Dyke: Itinerary: Britain’s Offa’s Dyke route is 307 km that takes walkers along the limestone ridge, the scarp of the Cotswold Edge. A wonderful walking holiday. The walk can be done in as little as 12 days, but for a more pleasurable walking experience 15 days plus one rest day, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, The Walks Tagged With: Offa's Dyke, Offa's Dyke accommodation, Offa's Dyke itinerary, Offa's Dyke route, Offa's Dyke Walk, walking holidays, walking in england, walking in Wales

Cotswold Way – Classic Walks Itinerary

November 9, 2010 By Almis Simans

Cotswold Way: A 164 km national walking trail from Bath to Chipping Campden: England’s classic Cotswold Way walk is a 164 km route that takes walkers along the limestone ridge, the scarp of the Cotswold Edge. It’s a wonderful walking holiday that will take you through England’s heart. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, The Walks Tagged With: Cotswold Way accommodation, Cotswold Way itinerary, Cotswold Way route, Cotswold Way walk, walking holidays, walking in england

Kinsale Harbour, Ireland

October 21, 2010 By Almis Simans

Some time ago......... I arrived at Kinsale, the fishing and tourist village on Ireland’s south-west coast. Kinsale is famous for the historic Battle of Kinsale, in which the Irish and the Spanish fought the English, but lost in 1601, during the reign of Elizabeth I, was a turning point in Irish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Walking Experiences Tagged With: Battle of Kinsale, Charles Fort, Kinsale, Kinsale Youth Hostel

Coast to Coast, UK, Grasmere-Patterdale 1

October 14, 2010 By Almis Simans

We were on the Coast to Coast walk across northern England and had overnighted at Grasmere in the Lake District. The fifth day: Our fellow breakfasters were an American couple who had walked the Coast to Coast path three years ago. Every year they return to Grasmere for a couple of weeks to indulge … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Brothers Parting Stone, coast to coast walk, Dove Cottage, grasmere, Grisedale Tarn, Grisedale Valley, Helvellyn, Lake District, St Sunday Crag

Assisi and St Clare

October 6, 2010 By Almis Simans

A brief detour from the Via Francigena, the 2000 km pilgrim path which joins Canterbury to Rome. We had arrived in Assisi, the home of St Francis, Italy’s patron saint, and checked into St Anthony’s Guest House. St. Anthony’s was well designed for pilgrims and travelers; a coffee machine, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Assisi, Basilica of St. Clare, Eremo del Carceri, Piazza del Comun, Poor Clares, santiago de compostela, St Anthonys Guest House, St Francis, St. Damiano, Via Francigena

Grasmere, Wordsworth and the Lake District – Part 3

September 23, 2010 By Almis Simans

We were in the Lake District on the Coast to Coast Walk across England, a 307 km journey. We were visiting Dove Cottage, one of Wordworth's home. Read on: Around this time the five Wordsworth children were born in the Lake District and the second eldest, William was to leave an indelible mark on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Bastille, coast to coast walk, Dove Cottage, Grand Tour, Mont Blanc, The Dove and Olive Branch, Travellers Inn, wordsworth

Grasmere, Wordsworth and the Lake District – Part 2

September 20, 2010 By Almis Simans

We were in the Lake District on the Coast to Coast Walk across England, a 307 km journey. The story continues: After this pleasant interlude at Greenup Edge, there was further to go. The ridge walk continued alongside Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag. From here another surreal view presented … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Anglo-Saxon, Dove Cottage, grasmere, Norman invasion, Roman, Viking, Wordsworth Villages

Grasmere, Wordsworth and the Lake District – Part 1

September 13, 2010 By Almis Simans

St. Bees to Robin Hood's Bay - To Grasmere Part 1: We had overnighted at the wonderful small village of Stonethwaite in England's Lake District. This was day four of a seventeen day walk from St. Bees on the Irish Sea to Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea. For any of you who want to do this walk, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: grasmere, Lake District, robin hoods bay, Seven Ages of Britain, St. Bees, Stonethwaite, The Coast to Coast Walk

The second most visited church in Italy

September 6, 2010 By Almis Simans

Assisi's Basilica San Francesco: We had been walking around the fabulous ancient hill-top town of Assisi as part of our journey along the Via Francigena. We followed the cobble-stoned road up to Piazza S. Francesco and entered the Lower Church of the Basilica San Francesco, the numero uno … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Assisi, Basilica San Francesco, Colle d’Inferno, Via Francigena

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