Carrick-a-Rede

September 13, 2018

When I crossed the 20m/66ft rope bridge swinging 30m/98ft over the rocks below apparently I notched another island, Carricarede means “rock of the casting” in Irish.  I bought a Rambler ticket that allowed hop on/off all along the Causeway Coast. I arrived to the first rainbow of the 3 I saw today. With the high […]

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Rathlin, Northern Ireland

September 11, 2018

Rathlin is the only inhabited offshore island of Northern Ireland, with a steadily growing population of approximately 150 people, and is the most northerly inhabited island off the coast of the island of Ireland.  I’ve now been to 21 islands between Ireland and the UK. A short ferry from Ballycastle, a good weather day, the […]

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Too many times in the UK

September 10, 2018

Well, that’s what the Border Agent said after she had confiscated my passport.  I’m used to a delay and questions at the Border as a result of the rejected Visa application a couple years back but her concern was that I’ve been either here or in rEU frequently over the past couple years. She decided […]

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Sting & Some last Edinburgh bites

June 14, 2018

I mentioned the breakfast at the University cafeteria. I tried veggie haggis for the first and last time.  It’s OK just not haggis simply a veggie mash with spices. It’s a buffet so one doesn’t mound the plate, simply refill it I went for a walk to the National Museum of Scotland but was very […]

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Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens

June 12, 2018

If Edinburgh Uni is out of session  you can grab a dorm room with the biggest breakfast buffet in Scotland for short money. Sitting just at the feet of Salisbury Crag & Arthur’s Seat and about 1 1/2 miles to Waverley, It’s been a repeat stay. Strolling the Royal Mile St. Giles Nearly” had to […]

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Glasgow Botanic Gardens, again

June 11, 2018

After the Hunterian I headed to the Botanic garden.  The best thing about a Botanic is they change with the season so you never see the same thing twice. I never want to be in a city with one and miss it.  I’ve been here 3 times. Ruth – Giovanni Ciniselli Antonio Rossetti – The […]

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The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

June 11, 2018

The University of Glasgow’s Hunterian is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, all located in various buildings on the main campus of the University in the west end of the city.  Bequeathed to the University in 1783 […]

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Glasgow Cathedral, Necropolis & a couple more murals

June 11, 2018

Glasgow Cathedral or St. Mungo’s dates from the late 12th century. And with all of these monster buildings from hundreds of years ago I always wonder, “How?”   St. Mungo’s tomb is here in the crypt Behind the Cathedral is the Necropolis.  Following the creation of Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris a wave of pressure began […]

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Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery

June 10, 2018

Love this place!  Like the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, I can’t go to either city without allotting time for these brilliant museums. To my great and pleasant surprise there was a wee jam going on outside the Museum. So I leaned back out of the way to watch, listen & enjoy   When […]

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Hadrian’s Wall

June 9, 2018

North Shields is the Eastern end  of Hadrian’s Wall and Carlisle is the west.  Having been to both I longed to stand on the middle and gaze north as Romans did 2000 years ago.  I’m guessing the view has not changed.  Well, fewer trees. I caught the train from Carlisle to Hexham which seemed like […]

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