Posted about my long journey to Ireland.
Category: UK
Destination Guildford
Today’s destination: Guildford, a base for walking in the North Downs. Right now I’m on a Newcastle to London train.
Northumberland Coastal Walk
Walked with friends along Northumberland’s coast. En route: the castle across this bay, pub lunch, afternoon tea.
Mario the Cockerel
Bringing Mario the cockerel to his new Newcastle home. An old family friend admired it, so I got it for her garden.
Cream Cake at Fenwick’s
Honored my Mum’s memory with a cuppa and cream cake in Fenwick’s department store, Newcastle. She loved to go there.
The Mournes
Finally the mists have lifted, and we get to see The Mournes from our friends’ home where we are staying tonight.
Relaxation After High Moors Hike
Relaxed here, back at the B&B after walking the high moors in the mist to the top of Slieve Commedagh (The Mournes).
Slieve Donard
The trail progressively revealed itself through mist as we headed to the highest point in N. Ireland, Slieve Donard.
Mountains of Mourne
At the end of today’s walk: bright sunshine, mist rolling down from the Mourne Mountains onto Newcastle, County Down.
Independent Scots
She stands resolutely in front of her home in the “mucky wee port” of Port Glasgow, Scotland. My Aunt Madge, helmet and gas mask at the ready, standing against the Nazi threat. The threat was real. Bombs rained down on the nearby shipyards, and on British, American, and Free French bases. My mother and aunt…… Continue reading Independent Scots