8 miles out of New Albany we were back on the TAT and immediately in another forest. We were on great gravel roads winding through some flat but interesting terrain. Once again occasional patches of soft sand and a gnarly section with ruts and washouts every now and again. All helped wake us up and concentrate.
A lot of these trails were red dirt – could be outback Australia! These trails were Read on...
Monday - in the morning, after the previous evenings the setting of the hotel looked positively idyllic. What a shame that the hotel breakfast was the worst of the trip - fried eggs which had been fried some time earlier and then just left out on a cold plate anyone? (OK, yes there were other things too but nothing appetising).
Dropping down the mountain side we stopped at the coastal town of Vl Read on...
So we knew it would be an adventure our first international trip, post covid. But when Greece said they would accept vaccinated Americans into their country, Ed and I decided to go. In a very fluid environment, we tried to understand the requirements. With a transit in Frankfurt, we needed a rapid test within 48 hours of arriving. And multiple sources told us we were either good with our vaccinati Read on...
Borgholm is a rather nice place to walk around in. The church in the town centre has a style that is a bit interesting
We are now going to write about the rest of what we saw and did when we visited land. In the title we claim that it covers the southern half of the island. Please dont look too closely at a map. Because we have taken some liberty with what actually is in the north and in the sout Read on...
With road trips ramping up once again, we set out to visit Julia and Frank once again in Athens, Ohio. We hadnt been to see them since February 2020 just before the world fell apart. We planned to take a measured trip this time. No driving straight through from Northern Virginia to Athens (or Logan, rather). Instead we would break the outward trip with an overnight in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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The journey back over the long and winding road from Theth to the main SH1 highway on Saturday morning was to the drive over on Wednesday. Maybe it was the time of day, who knows.
However, the main highway was as if everyone and their dog had bought their car out for a drive. We had extended sections of driving at barely 40 or 50 km per hour for most of the journey back towards Tirana. You can al Read on...
We decided to take it easy this morning and leisurely got ready for the day. We skipped breakfast at the hotel and instead decided to have an earlier lunch. This turned out to be a good thing, because Caf Pasquals is quite popular and our wait time was an hour. We used this time to do some shopping. Went to a great chile store next door and bought three different types of red chile. Then we walked Read on...
After a good nights sleep and a hearty breakfast, we set off on our adventure of the day. Lisbon has many hills, trolley cars and similarities to San Francisco, where we had all lived at different times. Our mission if we chose to accept it, and we did, was to find the yellow tram number 28. Tram 28 is known as a touristy tram for good reason, but was well worth the time. We took the Metro down to Read on...
Well, we got up early to a gorgeous morning. Love this campground, as it is very beautiful and peaceful. Of course, being were the only two parties in the place, it would be peaceful anywhere I guess. After a great breakfast, we got off to an early start at 7:30. Pretty amazing getting John and Diane going this early. This is going to be the longest leg of our trip, taking in two significant areas Read on...
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, Day 9 West Highland Way. Kingshouse Hotel to Kinlochleven. 10 miles, 4 hours 43 minutes 1341 elevation gain.
If you are looking for a wonderful luxury hotel in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by beautiful mountains and close to a ski lift up one of the UKs tallest mountains, this is the place. After our walk yesterday, I had a Stella Artois. The lady at the bar asked me Read on...