Dis-United Kingdom
also known as Home
Norfolk in February
We've spent this weekend in Norfolk. Slowly, slowly the focus is starting to shift from unpacking boxes, doing chores and meeting tradespeople to taking walks and pub lunches, with some work thrown in too. Here are some pictures from walks this weekend. Yesterday was...
Rusticities
We have bought a second home in Norfolk. Yes, I have done all of the overthinking of course. I know that this sort of thing is frowned upon by Liberal Democrats and despised by others because, of course, far too many people don't even have a first home. I know about...
Here I am again
It's been a while, hasn't it? And not entirely through choice. Thanks to some Tl;dr behind-the-scenes machinations to do with Wordpress and Jetpack and Mailchimp, I think, my blog is no longer being distributed via email to its previous subscribers, who will not have...
Graduation day
It wasn't entirely clear whether Eliza would have her degree scripts marked in time for her planned graduation ceremony or, indeed whether there would be any ceremony at all, but a couple of weeks before the date pencilled into our diaries, Eliza learned that she had,...
Postcards #26, #27 and #28 Loch Ness, Dunrobin Castle and Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
I've been a bit lax on catching up with this part of the blog so now, just before I finally reach John O' Groats, here are the postcards I haven't shared with you yet.I actually reached Loch Ness on April 1st and ran the length of the loch to Inverness and then well...
Postcard #25 80%
I'm hobbling on. Now 80% through my run, and wondering how long it's going to be before I can complete it.I passed the 80% done mark of this Lands End to John O' Groats run the week before last, fairly pleased that I seemed to be catching up on the time I've lost...
Postcard #24 – Edinburgh
I have finally arrived in Edinburgh, and I've just run past the road where Ms Eliza shares a flat with her mates.Here is what The Conqueror says about Edinburgh: "Welcome to Edinburgh Castle, Gita. Oh, and by the way - you're standing on top of a volcano. It's an...
Postcard #23 England/ Scotland border
Finally I've arrived in Scotland. Rather oddly, I'd never been across this border until 2018, when I took Eliza up to university and cried the whole way back but on calmer occasions I've driven through such breathtaking countryside that I can only guess at what lies...
Postcard #22 – Hadrian’s Wall
I had always thought that Hadrian's Wall formed the border between England and Scotland but it turns out that that's still a little way off.Just under a year after starting this challenge I find myself here at Hadrian's Wall. I'd originally hoped to be nearer...
Postcard #21 – 60%
I reached my latest milestone, 60% of my journey.Almost unnoticed, I passed the 60% mark of my run from one tip of the UK to the other in early December. Today, a week from the anniversary of me starting my run, I'm about 10% further on. What can I say? Life has been...