Tested a walk I’m developing on a friend: it explores Henry David Thoreau’s little-known 1861 visit to Minneapolis.
Category: Living
Flying over the Superior Hiking Trail
Part of today’s flight. Soon we’ll be down there hiking part of the Superior Trail from near the Canadian border
NCL-AMS-MSP
At NCL, Newcastle Airport. NCL-AMS-MSP
Imperfect Walk
End of my Walk Around Newcastle, 4 miles short of goal. I may finish it when a tunnel under the river reopens.
Can’t Stop
Today, it was hard to stop walking. The sunset was so beautiful when I reached Tynemouth, I kept walking.
Newbiggin-by-the-sea
Enjoyed an Indian meal in Newbiggin-by-the-sea with my brother.
Conversations
Walked, chatted with my best friend back to junior school. Sat, chatted with my brother and a dear family friend.
Sometimes You Can Go Back
I’m pausing for a few days before I complete my 500-mile Walk Around Newcastle, a walk I started in 2010. The walk does not include Newcastle upon Tyne, the town where I grew up: after all, it’s a walk “around” Newcastle. Today, though, I’m pausing the walk, and wandering in Newcastle. Today’s central Newcastle upon…… Continue reading Sometimes You Can Go Back
Postindustrial Britain
Walked through postindustrial Britain. A wind turbine towers above the chimneys of an abandoned aluminum smelter.
Warkworth Castle
Warkworth Castle, near the start of my walk to Newbiggin-by-the-sea. Today will be my longest beach walk, ever.