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Ready for Departure
As dusk descends, the promised monsoon rains have not quite materialised but it is cold and very windy. It's good to know we will in hot and sunny climes quite soon.
Luggage is nearly packed. Judith has been scouring the shops for suitable light clothing and we have vast quantities of medical items including insect repellents and malaria tablets.
No room for the cricket bat I'm afraid.
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Hexham - absolut eine Reise wert!
... von Hexham ist noch immer frühmittelalterlich geprägt und deshalb so interessant und sehr reizvoll für den Besucher.
Die Grafschaft Northumberland, in der Hexham liegt, war einer der bedeutenden Ausgangspunkte zur Christianisierung des europäischen Kontinents durch die irisch-schottischen Mönche. Einer der bedeutendsten Gelehrten des frühen Mittelalters, „Beda Venerabilis“ wurde hier geboren.
Der Samstagnachmittag wurde ...
City of Bridges
... 1849) carries trains on the upper level and vehicles and pedestrians on the lower.
The demonym “Geordie,” referring to people from the Tyneside area of northeast England, is of debatable provenance but is certainly a diminutive form of the name George. It also describes the distinct Northumbrian dialect here.
There is plenty more to do in this region, but tomorrow I’m headed way down ...
In the beginning.......
I find it amazing and not a little scary that today has arrived! I feel I have been planning and thinking about it for so long that it had really just become a thought worm designed to while away moments of mind slip, those times you enter into a parallel universe oblivious of all around, I find it happening more since I actually have time for it to happen!
However, here I am, sitting in the Servisair Lounge of terminal 3 at Heathrow, I ...
Newcastle
... today was possibly the coldest so far, no rain, sun out but a dare say it didn't get over 6 degrees. Today we explored the city, it's not as well preserved with old fortifications like York but we did see the old gate tower that was the entrance to the old city but other then that there wasn't too much. Most of the buildings date back a hundred years or so and look amazing but nothing much older.
Day 155: Finally arrived in Scotland.
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