On Thursday November 18 we were off to Torquay - the home of Fawlty Towers and watched several episodes once we arrived. Outside filming...

17 November 2021 we are on trains from Plymouth to Starcross which is just across the bay from Exmouth, where our last leg ended. This...

On 16 November we took the train to Plymouth to see the Owls lose to Plymouth as a start to the next phase of our walking the South West...

Our last day for the segment Weymouth to Exmouth. Easy day - 10 miles and beautiful weather. Breakfast was unremarkable with one poached...

Lovely weather again for our hike which is rated difficult. We've decided to take a side trip to avoid the last and hardest hill. By...

Breakfast was REALLY late - couldn't have it until 8 and finally finished at 8:40. Had a really tasty poached egg on spinach on toasted...

November 4th is the next leg of the South West Coastal Path. Again, beautiful weather, the walk is rated as moderate and the best walk...

On November 3 I hiked from Weymouth to Abbotsbury - 12.6 miles and moderate difficulty. Weather was really good again. Was able to...

November 2, 2021 I start the second leg of the South West Coast Trail and circumnavigate the Island of Portland. Turned out to be about...

The next morning - 8/26 - I manage to get up early after a disrupted sleep and get to the buffet champagne breakfast, which is quite...

I finally arrive at about 3:30pm (8/25/19) to the Victoria Falls Hotel, sans 1 suitcase. On my way to the hotel it was so interesting to...

Today, 1 November 2021, I've started the second leg of the SouthWest Coast Trail - Weymouth to Exmouth. I took the train down to...

Went on a 7 mile circular walk with approximately 1335 elevation gain through an old coal mining area. We walked along an old coal train...

There are many SugarLoaf Mountains around the world and today we did the one in Wales. Called Pen-y-Fal in Welsh, t was a short walk -...

Eleven.five mile walk up to Pen Twyn Mawr. Started at The Church of St. Issui originally built in 1060. As I was walking uphill (pretty...

Today had a wonderful walk through the waterfalls of Brecon Beacons National Park. It was 9.4 miles with about 1700 feet of elevation...

Had wonderful hike today up Pen y Fan - the highest "peak" in Wales: 886 meters. Weather was perfect and got a special excitement on...

We went to the Ice Hotel in Sweden over Christmas in 2017. You fly into Kiruna and drive to the site. Located 200 kilometers north of...

I wanted to get out of the Bay Area after returning from UK and the holidays. I thought it would be fun to go somewhere I could do cross...