You can only have 1 favorite place

February 9, 2019

And mine is on the glorious west coast of the Scottish Highlands, the wee village of Plockton. With some of the best scenery to rest your eyes upon, a Goldilocks climate that is neither too hot nor too cold, numerous places to get food as good as one could ever hope for from highland beef […]

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Quick vist to Glasgow

February 8, 2019

I first added the word “conurbation” to my lexicon in reference to the way Edinburgh and Glasgow and all the towns directly between have turned, in one way, into one continuous urban area.  The two cities are different, of course, and both wonderful in their own unique ways and I’m sure many folks in between […]

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Wandering Edinburgh on a brilliant winter day

February 5, 2019

I had been in Edinburgh last October for the Independence march (pictures & videos in my Oct. 7 2017 post) so my to-do list was empty other than see the National and Portrait Galleries.  I started the day with on the Waters of Leith, £4/$5.17  for an all day bus pass in Edinburgh so I […]

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Holyrood & National Gallery

February 4, 2019

I stayed up to 3 AM to watch my Patriots win the SuperBowl.  Again.  Tom Brady is called the GOAT in New England which stands for Greatest of All Time.  Since the lad needs to find a surgeon to attach a sixth finger to hold all the rings he’s won, the name fits.  Thanks, ‘Riots, […]

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The art of George Butterworth

February 3, 2019

His comic, The Maltese Cross in the Daily Dispatch, was cutting.  I was so pleased to find this collection in the castle focusing on strength through unity.  

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Falmouth, England

February 2, 2019

OK, Lizard in the rearview mirror so to speak.  Trip over.  Mission Accomplished.  Well not exactly but the next planned stop was hundreds of miles north and I was in no hurry. The mouth of the River Fal (funny how you can guess the name of a UK river by the name of the town […]

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The Lizard

February 1, 2019

Sorted!  Ardnamurchan. Dunnet Head.  Lowestoft. And now, The Lizard. I have now stood on the 4 most extreme points on the island of Britain.  Not many can say that and many would say: Why bother? It sort of just happened.  Another stellar day. I switch buses in Helston and saw this wonderful monument/ cemetery gate. […]

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Brixham

January 31, 2019

Across the Torbay Bay is the village of Brixham and having never been there I decided to do a little rectifying. The high point, literally, is Berry Head so I headed there.  Looking across to Torquay and then eastward. Old fortifications remain I took a 2 mile wrong turn and had to round that point […]

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Kent Cavern

January 30, 2019

The whole point of this route is The Lizard.  About half way through  having so much fun waiting in the dock trying to cleared to enter the country, the Border Agent asked where I was going.  I said “I’ve been to 3 out of 4 of the most extreme points on tis island and now […]

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The Riviera!

January 28, 2019

Blackpool? Folkestone? Great Yarmouth? Scarborough? Morecambe? Nope, this time I’m in Torquay on the “English Riviera”. Temps are about 8c. Towns in this part of England have names like Falmouth, Taunton, Plymouth, Wareham, Dorchester & Weymouth must have copied Massachusetts! In Victoria’s time (I haven’t found her statue but I’m sure there is one) England […]

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