Friday, July 18, 2008

More of Alan's picks from Scotland and Northumbria

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  The ruins of a castle seen from a break in the hedgerow along the bikepath near Amble, England.  We passed many ruins of old fighting fort...

Alan's Picks from Scotland and Northumbria

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Here are some of Alan's favorite scenes from Scotland and England, that did not make it into short blog postings previously. The first s...

Newcastle on Tyne: July 16 & 17, 2008

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  After a long day of cycling, we arrived at Newcastle, for the ferry on the 17th. Newcastle has a gritty industrial past, with coal mining,...

From Melrose east and south: July 13 & 14, 2008

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   National Cycle Route 1 starts in Edinburgh and goes south over the Lammermuir Hills into the Tweed Valley.  It follows the Tweed Valley e...

Heading South from Edinburgh with Frank: July 12, 2008

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  Frank accompanied us again on bikes, heading south from Edinburgh on National Bike Rt 1. We headed toward the Lammermuir Hills of the Bord...

Great Glen Bike Route: July 7-9, 2008

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  The Great Glen is the rift valley slashing Scotland almost in two. It cuts the country from Fort William in the southwest to Inverness in ...

Glasgow, Scotland: July 6, 2008

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  Alan and Cyane made the most of a short day in Glasgow. This is the place for Charles Rennie Macintosh - Glasgow architect around 1900. Ma...

Edinburgh to Glasgow: July 5, 2008

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  Frank accompanied Alan and Cyane on the 65 mile bikepath from Edinburgh west to Glasgow. It rained most of the way, and we all ended up co...

Edinburgh, Scotland: Visiting Frank

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  Cyane and Alan did not originally go to Scotland for the usual reasons of art, architecture, whisky, or golf.  We went to visit Cyane'...

Two Days in Dublin: July 1 and 2, 2008

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   Alan and Cyane arrived in Dublin July 1 - six months to the day after arriving in New Zealand. Ireland was intended as a layover; however...