I’m three-quarters done with the Hadrian’s Wall Path at this point in the story; of the total 84 miles, I’ve knocked down about 60. I have finished with the portions…
Birdwhatnow? Hadrian’s Wall, Part 5
Let’s just get this out of the way. I was dropped off in the Housesteads car park around 9AM, ready to strike out for the day. Before departing, however, I…
Halfway Home, With a Break: Hadrian’s Wall, Part 4
To the astonishment of absolutely no one, I planned for one of my extra tourism days to coincide at the spot where I first conceived this goofy plan: Housesteads and…
That’s What I’m Talking About: Hadrian’s Wall, Part 3
No cute preamble this time, ladies and germs. I got up from an adequate night at The George Hotel (which, honestly, the hotel was lovely, on a river with a…
Gaining Elevation: Hadrian’s Wall, Part 2
The first two days of walking, physically, weren’t so bad; the preparation I had done for the past few months did enough to get me ready. Mentally, it had me…
Early Days: Hadrian’s Wall, Part 1
[I should begin with a little clarification from last week’s post. I’m not actually writing this all in real time, this trip took place in May of 2026 and we’re…
Birth of a Cockamamie idea: Hadrian’s Wall Preface
In a few days (as of this writing) I’ll be leaving my lovely home in Portugal and making my way to the wilds of northern England, not-so-coincidentally along the border…
Classic English: London Holidays 2024, Part 2
A big motivation for this trip was to experience a classic English Christmas, thereby checking off several things on Lisa’s To Do list. (Which is like a Bucket List, but…
Too Much Is Never Enough: London Holidays 2024, Part 1
One of the habits we’ve been trying to break is our tendency to go to our old favorites, revisiting favorite places throughout the world rather than branching out and trying…
Eating our Fill, continued: London 2024, Part 8
We’re wrapping up tales of our trip to London. It turns out that we ate at interesting places more than we did just about anything else (… whoops?) so as…
