Move – Page 81 – Journeys 3.1

In Search of Traces of 1861 Minneapolis

Tested a walk I’m developing on a friend: it explores Henry David Thoreau’s little-known 1861 visit to Minneapolis.

End of my Walk Around Newcastle, 4 miles short of goal. I may finish it when a tunnel under the river reopens.

Today, it was hard to stop walking. The sunset was so beautiful when I reached Tynemouth, I kept walking.

Walked through postindustrial Britain. A wind turbine towers above the chimneys of an abandoned aluminum smelter.

Warkworth Castle, near the start of my walk to Newbiggin-by-the-sea. Today will be my longest beach walk, ever.

The final few yards of my trail. Just ahead, a hotel in Warkworth where I’ll be joined by my brother and a friend.

After breakfast of kippers from the local smokehouse, one last look back at Craster’s harbor and Dunstanburgh Castle.

Northumberland is beautiful, even in the rain.

11:00 a.m., today, started my multi-day hike in the pouring rain from Bamburgh, Northumberland, England.

The nephews (6 and 8) insisted on dirt trails, and told me to follow them.