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May 8, 2025 – Walked from Carlisle to Walton, England
Walked from Carlisle to Walton along Hadrian’s Wall Path, twelve miles of beautiful English countryside. There were no obvious Wall relics but the walk was so pleasant it didn’t matter. The sun was out and it was cool. Met other walkers along the way. One was a female cop from Kent. It is the first…
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May 7, 2025 – Newcastle to Carlisle, England
My friend Lee drove me across the country to Carlisle where I will start walking the middle section of Hadrian’s Wall Path tomorrow morning. My walk will be 40 miles in four days, from inn to inn and visiting the historic Roman wall remains. The Wall was built around 122 AD. The wall was the…
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May 7, 2025 – Carlisle, England
Ate just down the street from my B&B at The Beehive. Had a meat pie while most people were ordering big, delicious looking burgers. I think I’m out of sync here. At the bar, met a plumber named Victor. I could barely understand what Victor said because of his dialect but we each had a…
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May 6, 2025 – Newcastle Upon-Tyne
Packed a lot in today. Took the Metro to Wallsend to the east of Newcastle where Hadrian’s Wall ended, thus the name. There’s a museum and the remains of the foundation of a Roman fort. It’s called Segedunum. The museum had artifacts and information on the wall and a lot more. Then, back on the…
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May 6, 2025 – Newcastle Upon-Tyne
Full English breakfast at Blake’s this morning. Plus, a scone with clotted cream and jam. Enough calories for a week. Cheers
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May 5, 2025 – Newcastle Upon-Tyne
Arrived in Newcastle, England about midday. It’s a old city of about 300,000 people on the north side of the Tyne River in northeast England. Newcastle has lots of old buildings and bridges, a lot of character. There’s one pub where people have been drinking for over a thousand years. I’d say they’ve had about…
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April 23, 2025 – Another Training Day
Trying to get in better walking shape so I can enjoy 40 miles of the Hadrian’s Wall Path in northern England. That’s coming up in two weeks. I’ll walk the middle section of the Wall Path in four days, making my way from inn to inn. Should be an interesting walk. The wall was built…
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January 26, 2025 – Cartagena, Colombia
Went with some of the group on a tour of a mangrove lagoon near Cartagena. Threw out crab traps from our boat and tried to catch fish with throw nets. Caught about eight crabs but zero fish. Good thing the local restaurant under the big thatched roof had fish for lunch. Our crabs were cooked…
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January 25, 2025 – Cartagena, Colombia
Flew from Medellin to Cartagena on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. It’s very warm and certainly more humid here. Did a walking tour of the old, walled city. The old part is surrounded by eleven kilometers of walls built starting in 1614 to protect against pirates. The French, English and Dutch encouraged their pirates to raid the…
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January 24, 2025 – Medellin, Colombia
A good place to go in Medellin is the central part with its museums and parks. Museo Antioquia has a bunch of works by Botero and other artists. Also, about a mile away is Museo Casa de la Memoria covering a lot of Medellin’s past troubles including the trouble caused by Pablo Escobar, the drug…
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