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The Cotswold Way Walk – Our Walking Experience

August 29, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Walking the Cotswold Way at Broadway Tower

Our First Time Walking the Cotswold Way and What We Thought of it: When our plans to spend time with friends in London changed at the last minute, Tony booked us a Cotswold Way walk to fill in our travel gap. The full Cotswold Way Walk is a 164 km long national trail that runs […]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: cotswold walks, Cotswold Way, cotswolds, ramblers holidays, walking holidays

Kinsale Harbour, Ireland

October 21, 2010 By Almis Simans 2 Comments

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 history. Quite chilly with a […]

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 Leave a Comment

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 their […]

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 1 Comment

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, white and red wine in the […]

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 Leave a Comment

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 English […]

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 Leave a Comment

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 itself. Down below were […]

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 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Grasmere, Lake District, Robin Hood's 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 Leave a Comment

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 site in Assisi. This basilica ranked as […]

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

Travel Europe – meet a guidebook writer & Charlie Chaplin

August 31, 2010 By Almis Simans Leave a Comment

Lausanne, Switzerland. On the Via Francigena When on the Via Francigena, there are precious few opportunities that come your way in regards to being ferried about instead of walking. Such an opportunity arose in travelling from Lausanne to Vevey – by ferry. In the morning, with the bright sun beaming in the sky, we walked […]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Lake Leman, Lausanne, Montreux, Ouchy, Switzerland, Via Francigena

Canal Walk – Offa's Dyke

August 26, 2010 By Almis Simans Leave a Comment

In a B&B at Buttington on the Offa’s Dyke Path: Over a breakfast shared with Dan, our hostess Mona told us she had been doing B&B for 36 years since her husband’s death. Her husband had just got off the bus, returning from work when he was hit by a car. Mona was a sprightly […]

Filed Under: Featured, Walking Experiences Tagged With: Buttington Cross, Montgomery Canal, Offa's Dyke, Strata Marcella Abbey

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