On October 3rd, I said goodbye to the warmth and sun on the Isle of Man and ferried to Liverpool on a damp, gray day, hopped in a cab to Liverpool Station where I then took a train to Godmanchester, an ancient Roman village in Cambridgeshire to housesit for the next 10 days. The Coleman …
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Do you know where the Isle of Man is located? Did you know that Douglas is the capital? Did you know that the above photo is their national emblem? Do you know what their world-famous TT is all about? These were all questions I certainly didn't know the answers to when I accepted a 10-day …
What made my visit to Ireland so memorable was the wonderful people I met along the way. From a long-time internet sewing friend who met me in Belfast to her parents who took me to tea in Bushmills; relatives, neighbors and friends of friends in Virginia; a creative quiller at a craft fair in Belfast …
Did I mention that almost everywhere you go, you're being watched? These wooly guys are literally wherever you look - on a mountaintop or in a valley, usually with a splash of colored spray painted on them designating who they belong to. After a lovely sleep and another full Irish breakfast, tops on my bucket …
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The sign above is the one I will now follow for the next few days. I took lots of photos to show you the places that I visited, but below is the Irish Tourist Board's video of the Wild Atlantic Way. Watching it will show you just why I was so excited to drive this …
Welcome to Ireland!! PART I - THE NORTH After the Highlands of Scotland, I was looking forward to returning to Ireland. It has been 12 years since I first was here. I came for a photography workshop that was based out of Westport, in the Republic. During that visit, I explored not only the west …
Though I really don't like group tours; though I really don't like bus tours; I chose to take a bus tour of the Scottish Highlands because I wanted to see as much as I could in the 4 days that I had. So I booked a Haggis Tour of the Western Highlands, including the Hebrides …
This gentleman was playing his bagpipe on the corner as I hopped off the bus downtown Edinburgh for the very first time - what a wonderful welcome! I had been booked for a 2 1/2 week housesit in a beautiful home in the area of Morningside, a short bus ride to the center of this ancient …
Thought I would start Part II of my London odyssey with a photo of 'da Queen' - as we Chicagoan's would say. She is so very British and did you know that if she lives until September 9th (and there is no reason she won't) she will be the longest reigning British monarch, ever, eclipsing that old …
My housesit in the burbs completed, I hopped on the Translink at the Elstree/Borehamwood station and changed to the Jubilee Underground at West Hamp which I took to the Canning Town stop. There I changed again, this time to the DLR (District Light Rail), which took me under the Thames to Woolwich Arsenal, the location …
My Home on the Roam 