On my last full day in England, Bill and Anthea decided we should go to one of their favorite beaches, so we went to Bournemouth. It was about an hour and a half drive. It wasn’t a hot day, and it was a bit windy, but we had a nice set up and it was very relaxing. Continue reading “England – Bournemouth”
England – Stourhead
So, after we got back home to England, Bill and Anthea decided we should take a trip to Stourhead. Here’s a link to more info:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead
More Forgotten Wales Photos – Part 3
Okay, I’m pretty sure I have this all out of order, but I do have the place names correct and that’s what counts, right?
All righty then!
First up, another map, just to keep me straight (and help you visualize too!):
Continue reading “More Forgotten Wales Photos – Part 3”
More Forgotten Wales and England Photos – Part 2
So, after we left Weobley, we continued along the southern coast of Wales. So, you can see the last post we went from Llanmadoc to Weobley Castle on the way to Rhossili. (NOTE: I just looked through my photos and realized that going to Rhossili was a day trip – it wasn’t us leaving Wales yet. This is what happens when you don’t update your blog often enough. Anyhoo …)
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Forgot some Wales and England Photos!
As you know, I got home from Spain and England a while ago. And then I realized I neglected to include some more photos and stuff from Wales and England – actually, some of the coolest parts! So, this would have been on May 11, 2019. Continue reading “Forgot some Wales and England Photos!”
Some fun performers in Bilbao
Saw these guys ‘busking’ outside of the Guggenheim in Bilbao. The number of them ranged from 2 to 4. They brought me so much joy! Wish I had thought to video them when there was 4 of them. Oh well, I’ll have to go back!
I’m also using this post to test how uploading video directly to my hosting site works
Last Days in Spain
Breakfast on our last day in Santiago de Compostela offially ended our REI Trip, although it wasn’t a group breakfast – just breakfast at the hotel whenever you made it there.
Cilla and I had breakfast, packed up, had the lobby hold our suitcases, and went out walking around.
We decided to go to the Museo de Pobo Galego. Continue reading “Last Days in Spain”
Spring Trip 2019 – Santiago de Compostela and Cape Finisterre – REI Day 8
After a nice day roaming around Santiago de Compostela, time to check out more things. We started the day by visiting a farmer’s market, walking there from our hotel. Continue reading “Spring Trip 2019 – Santiago de Compostela and Cape Finisterre – REI Day 8”
Spring Trip 2019 – Sedor to Santiago de Compostela – REI Day 7
Next day, 4/26, we left Sedor and headed to Santiago de Compostela. First we did some hiking along the Camino. We saw a lot more pilgrims today and yesterday, being on the main camino to Compostela now. Continue reading “Spring Trip 2019 – Sedor to Santiago de Compostela – REI Day 7”
Spring Trip 2019 – Lugo to Sedor – REI Day 6
So, now it is 4/25/19. Somehow I got talked into getting up for a 7am run, so Cilla and I got up and did a loop along the top of the Lugo wall. Here are some photos. It was lightly drizzling, but being up high like that afforded some great views! Continue reading “Spring Trip 2019 – Lugo to Sedor – REI Day 6”
Spring Trip 2019 – Tineo to Lugo – REI Day 5
On this day, 4/24/19, we headed from Tineo to Lugo. The bus dropped us off at a little coffee shop that also sold handmade knives. While I didn’t buy a knife, I did get a photo of these cute little gourds. Continue reading “Spring Trip 2019 – Tineo to Lugo – REI Day 5”
Spring Trip 2019 – Bilbao to Llanes – REI Day 2
UPDATE: You may notice there there is no post for REI Day 1. We met in our hotel lobby in Bilbao at 5:30pm for introductions and then had a tour of the city followed by dinner. I didn’t take many photos on the tour since I had already taken so many the previous couple of days. So, there is no post for REI Day 1. And I renamed the posts again. Hopefully they make more sense! So hard to keep up with everything! Continue reading “Spring Trip 2019 – Bilbao to Llanes – REI Day 2”
Spring Trip 2019 – Oviedo to Tineo – REI Day 4
OK, going to try to catch up on the Spain part of this trip. My ‘Part 6’ post covered going from Llanes to Oviedo, so Part 7 will cover going from Oviedo to Tineo. (I have since removed the “Part” numbers and renumbered them by REI Day. I thought that made more sense …) This would have been on Tuesday 4/23.
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Spring Trip 2019 – The Gower Peninsula, Wales: Day 2
Our next full day at The Gower proved to have pretty decent weather, so we decided to do one of the trail walks indicated on a map we got. We started about right where the ‘o’ in Llanmadoc is, and walked the pink trail in a counter clockwise direction. Continue reading “Spring Trip 2019 – The Gower Peninsula, Wales: Day 2”
Spring Trip 2019 – The Gower Peninsula, Wales: Day 1
To get some R&R after all the hard work of the Scarecrow Festival, we went for a 4 day holiday to Llanmadoc, Wales. It is in the Southwest area of Wales known as the Gower Peninsula. As they say it here, we went to “The Gower.” Continue reading “Spring Trip 2019 – The Gower Peninsula, Wales: Day 1”