Destination: United Kingdom

Aurangabad, Maharashta

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 | By dawnandmark | Views [286] | Comments [6]

Great flight and transfer from Mumbai. Aurangabad is a city surrounded by countryside and hills. The main reason for visiting is to explore the Ellora cave temples. These are magnificent temples hewn out of the rock face. There are 34 and they date from ... Read more >

Photos: San Sebastian & around

Tue, 2 Oct 2018 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

San Sebastian & around

Tue, 2 Oct 2018 | By dawnandmark | Views [310]

The last Spanish installment.... The plan was to spend the last few days in San Sebastian, my favourite place in Spain and maybe the world! San Sebastian is an attractive beach side town full, and I mean full, of restaurants and bars. The beautiful ... Read more >

Photos: York

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 | By laurendiet | Photo Gallery

Tags: england, harry potter, history

Durham

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 | By laurendiet | Views [181]

Durham Cathedral was built in the 1093-1133 and with additions until 1490. It was built to house the relics of St cuthbert after the repeated viking attacks at Lindidfarne. It was named a world heritage site in 1986. Its been used in several films, including ... Read more >

Tags: cathedral, durham, history

Photos: Newcastle and area

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 | By laurendiet | Photo Gallery

Tags: coast, england, history

London 2018

Sun, 9 Sep 2018 | By irenecabay | Views [265]

Greenwich We took a day trip to Greenwich to see the Cutty Sark and Royal Observatory. On my last trip to Greenwich, I discovered the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, that links the Isle of Dogs to Greenwich. It was built to replace the unreliable ... Read more >

Day #10 - Reeth > Catterick Village (?)2

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [368]

Tags: trekking

Day #8 - Kirkby Stephen > Keld (?)

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [257]

Car'n! Look at all those cairns!

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Day #7 - Orton > Kirkby Stephen (?)

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [265]

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Day #6 - Bampton > Orton (12 miles)

Thu, 9 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [349]

Shap Abbey - the last abbey to be founded in England in 1199. Walking out of Bampton, and after a lovely evening with some people I've met along the way, I make my way down to the glorious ruin of Shap Abbey. It's nestled snuggled in a little dip ... Read more >

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Day #5 - Patterdale > Bampton (11 miles)

Wed, 8 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [332]

'Oh the Lake Districts lovely. Lets go there. We can eat scones. They do great scones in 1927' Doctor Who Doctor Who you were right about the scones, although I can only comment on the 2018 ones.... plenty of the places I've stayed may of even had ... Read more >

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Day #4 - Grasmere > Patterdale (8 miles)

Tue, 7 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [257]

I tried to grab the fog.... But I mist..... Soooo it's NOT raining..... but is that low hanging cloud I see? Today brings with it the ominous knowledge that I'll be climbing the biggest mountain of the hike. Hell. It's Helvellyn. So I start ... Read more >

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Day #2 - Ennerdale Bridge > Rosthwaite (15 miles)

Sun, 5 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [265]

'where water fell in love with sunshine, this is where they kissed' So today starts out around 17 degrees and a nice little decent towards Ennerdale waters. Noice, really noice. My feet really took a hammering yesterday, and at just 2 miles in I can ... Read more >

Day #1 - St Bees > Ennerdale Bridge (14 miles)

Sat, 4 Aug 2018 | By simonehawkins | Views [284]

I think I have a dent in my head.... Who's idea was this anyway? So day #1 and I wake up like a 5 year old on Christmas morning - almost 2 hours early - and can't get back to sleep. Oh well, I'll make use of the time by repacking my day-pack for the ... Read more >

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