Destination: United Kingdom

Castlewellan

Sun, 3 Jun 2018 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [568]

The weather was absolutely gorgeous today; not a cloud in the sky. I had the most difficult time sleeping due to another nuisance of a plant. Pennsylvania has poison ivy, yet Ireland has stinging nettles. During my miserable geocaching run yesterday ... Read more >

Photos: Castlewellan

Sun, 3 Jun 2018 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

Photos: Ards Peninsula

Fri, 1 Jun 2018 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

Photos: Welcomed Again

Mon, 14 May 2018 | By shire_girl | Photo Gallery

Welcomed Again

Mon, 14 May 2018 | By shire_girl | Views [504]

Sometimes it is a rare gift to meet a person you can connect with from the first moment, and a friend you will talk about almost anything with. Since my last trip I've maintained an email connection with someone like this, and 3 years later she was the ... Read more >

Tags: bibury, burton-on-the-water, cotswolds, painswick, ruskin mill

Photos: Over Hill and by Sheep

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Photo Gallery

Over Hill and by Sheep

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Views [588]

From Scotland I journeyed to what is probably one of the most beautiful sections of England, the Cotswolds, or "sheep hills". Great former wealth was brought to this area during the wool trade which I believe carried through the late 1800s. When wool ... Read more >

Tags: broadway, broadway tower, chipping camden, cotswolds, cotswolds way, sheep, snowshill, stanton

Photos: Findhorn

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Photo Gallery

Findhorn

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Views [540]

I won't be the first to say that time is an odd thing. The days at Findhorn were long, but enjoyable, and yet so soon after arriving it was time to leave again. I was showed to my shared cottage by one of Eileen Caddy's son's, who spent some of his childhood ... Read more >

Tags: ceilidh, enneagram, findhorn, robert holden

Photos: Old Friends and New

Fri, 6 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Photo Gallery

Old Friends and New

Fri, 6 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Views [496]

Since I'd been forced to take the early bus from the Isle of Arran (7 am) due to the road work I arrived in Glasgow about 4 hours before my bus was scheduled to head north. Hopefully I approached the ticket counter and asked if I could swap my mid afternoon ... Read more >

Tags: celtic music, drumnadrochit, glasgow, hiking, plodda falls, scotland, tenement house

Photos: By way of Ferry

Thu, 5 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Photo Gallery

By way of Ferry

Thu, 5 Apr 2018 | By shire_girl | Views [407]

From a lovely attic bedroom in Lochranza I overlooked the harbor with the lights glimmering out from the houses across the water at night, and the old castle somewhere down on the spit of land in the middle. To reach the Isle of Arran you must take about ... Read more >

Tags: arran heritage museum, ferry, isle of arran, lochranza

Photos: Back Again

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 | By shire_girl | Photo Gallery

Back Again

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 | By shire_girl | Views [460]

I'm back again across the pond, this time with a little more familiarity, but still plenty of opportunity to add to the "do this differently next time" list. I'd say 1 in 3 people still smoke, they still have a great accent, the underground is now somewhat ... Read more >

Tags: churchill war rooms, london, st james park