Author Archives: victoria hoffer

Actually, some of these photos belong to yesterday’s circular tour of Ulverston, but weak internet and weird photo-loading issues made putting things together  correctly very annoying, so just take a 24 hour journey back in time, and, oh, never mind, does it really matter? A view: Go through the falling down gate: Letter box builtContinue reading “Aug 18 and 19 Ulverston+Coniston”

End of Hadrian Wall walk should have a dramatic flourish, but it was rather ho hum, especially because I did it in reverse, taking a taxi to end point and walking back, since a train needed catching and bus ran too late.  But back to The Wall.  Sometimes the way it is described, it soundsContinue reading “August 16+17 Bowness-on-Solway and UIverston”

Pink striated sky!  What a day this will be!  Ten minutes later, heading up the hill, thick mist that soaks right through your clothes in a few minutes and wind and cold = put on the rain gear.  Fifteen minutes later, add poncho.  An hour after that, humid and hot, divest, then rain and cold,Continue reading “August 14+15 Banks+Carlisle”

Preface:  The Inn here is called Twice Brewed.  It is in a place called Once Brewed, only there is nothing here but the Inn. It is all rather confusing.  The story is that long ago, lost to the dawn of time, someone of importance stayed here and complained about the ale, so they brewed itContinue reading “August 12+13 Once Brewed”

 Metro station at Walls End: According to Google Translate, it means “state of station wagons,” from which we learn two things: 1) Google Translate should never be relied upon and 2) If you are looking for the busses and do not know Latin, you are in trouble.  Well, OK, the picture of a bus isContinue reading “August 10+11 Heddon on the Wall+Chollerford”

After getting picked up here: and dropped off in Newcastle, I headed straight away to the Theatre Royal to pick up my ticket for Jersey Boys.  This was because the hotel would not let me check in a minute before 3:00.  Whilst executing this errand I happened on a food emporium that reduces Whole FoodsContinue reading “Newcastle Aug 7,8,9”

Eager to start this 18 mile day early, so out the door and up the hill at 5:45.  Looked at GPS, saw that it showed a route different from one I had waymarked, but, since I was on it, thought I would simply proceed and connect with the other route after a few miles.  HowContinue reading “August 05+06 Rothbury and Kirkwhelpington”

Beautiful, easy, cliff-top walking to start: Then, to spoil the COASTAL path, instructions to turn onto asphalt path and later diversion around a town to avoid an estuary.  “No,” I said to myself, because there was no one else to whom to say it.  “I am staying on the water.”  Then, while ambling along onContinue reading “August 03+04 Warkworth”

Could not decide which of these three skyscapes was most stunning, so it is viewer’s choice: # 2 # 3 A one-person-at-a-time bridge: Compare the upkeep of a public footpath: to that of nearby golf green: There are a lot of golf courses in this area, a whole lot. Sheep, one that let me getContinue reading “August 02 Craster”

18.5 miles was the posted figure, but you see, that is from Fenwick to Seahouses.  I started at Fenham Farm which is way short of Fenwick and another half mile off the trail, so the walk was 20.5 miles, easy walking, granted, but that is too much, AND even though there were lots of difficult-to-spotContinue reading “August 01 Seahouses”