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  • Edinburgh – Part 2

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        “It is quite lovely – bits of it”  – Oscar Wilde          Most of the parts of Edinburgh that we saw were like stepping into the past.  They’ve done a good  job of preserving the… Read More ›

  • Edinburgh

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        “I thought we were done climbing hills!”  -Mike     Our train tickets were good for any train going to Edinburgh that day. I’d planned on the 10:39 train because it fit our logistics the best. Mike is… Read More ›

  • Stirling -Day 4

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        “Haven’t we already walked this way?” – Mike       On our last day in Stirling, we really just walked around town making sure we’d seen the most of the “points of interest”.  Not that there’s that… Read More ›

  • Stirling -Day 3

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      “You want me to drive how far today?”  -Mike         For our third day, I had planned a very ambitious driving tour, but after realizing how long it took for us to get to St. Andrews… Read More ›

  • Stirling Day 2 – Road Trip!

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            “Windy, rainy, and cold, but I’d play anyway…if I could afford it!”  -Mike        (The very famous Swilcan Bridge at St. Andrews) When I realized we were going to have more free time in… Read More ›

  • Scotland Bound -First Stop: Stirling

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          “Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.” -Alexander Smith.         Not wanting to take that long train ride back to London before we started Part 2 of this d’aventure, I located… Read More ›

  • Helford Point to Falmouth – 5 Miles (+)

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            “Just when we thought the trip was done, we had to deal with 3 extra uphill miles, the Russian Mafia and laundry!”  -Mike (the ex-hiker).       Today was scheduled as an 11 mile day…. Read More ›

  • Coverack to Helford -2.5 Miles

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      “Even though we took today off, we still walked 2.5 miles… uphill!” -Mike (the guy who wants full credit for every step!)         We were scheduled to walk 11 miles again today (or possibly as much… Read More ›

  • Lizard to Coverack -10 Miles

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        “We’ve seen some pretty tough sections, how much worse can it get?”  -Mike (the guy who dared the SW Coast Path to say- “Hold my beer” !!)     There was rain in the forecast for our 4th… Read More ›

  • Mullion Cove to The Lizard – 8 miles

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        “The first two miles are uphill… then the next couple of miles are uphill… but after that, the rest of the way is still pretty much uphill.” -Mike (the increasingly reluctant hiker)         We crossed… Read More ›