St bees Well, well, well. A diversion. I’m going to walk almost 200 miles and I don’t even get to start the trail in the usual way! The Coast to Coast Trail begins with a diversion. So much for walking along the actual coast as I did on the South West Coast Trail. Last December, …
Category: 2026 England’s Coast to Coast
702. Manchester in a Day, Street Art
This pre-walk period differs. Almost always before my other walks, I spend 2-3 days adjusting. Whether Madrid, Lisbon, Canterbury, Lucca, or Minehead, I let my body and my spirit get used to the new time zone, the new environment, the new food. Plunging into a walk hours after arriving in a new place doesn’t suit …
701. Getting to St. Bees
Train Leighton Buzzard and young woman Unlike other walks, I begin this walk saying good-by to the family. Our traveling family begins to break-up when Charles and Christina have to return to work. I say good-by. Next, after an additional two days traveling with Dwight to Cambridge in order to us to see where his …
Journeys: Explorations in Body, Mind, and Spirit 