Friday, June 30, 2006

Manchester Public Urinal

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This got rolled out in front of our eyes as we were headed to the shopping area. Would you use this? What would the equivalent version for ...
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Manchester Mounted Police

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It's so unfair. Not just a bike response unit, but real mounted police too! And he wasn't a loner for tourists (Manchester not bein...

Cycle Response Unit

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Perhaps it should not be surprising that a country where 30% of trips are done by bicycle (this was in Manchester, England) would have a cyc...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Packhorse versus SherpaVan

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For those who have questions about Packhorse versus SherpaVan , as far as we could tell both services were equivalent in price and service....

Patterdale Rest Day

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We woke up and had a lazy, late breakfast before packing our bags and limping out down to Glenridding , which was where Ullswater was. The l...

Grasmere Rest Day

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We woke up to our first rest day knowing that we had to do laundry. We walked down to town and found that a bus arrived right as we did, so ...
Sunday, June 25, 2006

Coast to Coast nominated 2nd best walk in the World

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It is indeed a very good walk. Challenging both in physical (walking) and mental (route finding, planning, and navigation) aspects. Being my...

Confusing places in Stedman's book

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Here are the places I got lost or confused because I was using the Stedman's 1st edition trail guide. There are two other guidebooks tha...

Egton Bridge to Robin Hood's Bay

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The day started at 6:00am for us, packing, eating breakfast, and preparing for Lisa's longest day of the trip. Being experienced packers...

Blakey Ridge to Egton Bridge

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As we were about to leave this morning, Peter told me that he had walked all the way back to the Rosedale junction this morning, starting at...
Saturday, June 24, 2006

Orton to Kirby Stephen

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We started by walking over to see the stone circle by Knott Lane, which turned out to be not nearly as interesting as I'd hoped it would...

Tales of the Slayers

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A comic book written mostly by the creator (Joss Whedon) and various writers (Jane Espenson, Doug Petrie, and David Fury) and even an actres...
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Pictures from today's Ride

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Despite the heat, Matt & I managed 53 miles and 1370m (4500ft) of climb, up Moody, Page Mill, down West Alpine, and back up over Old La...
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Shap to Orton

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This was meant to be a recovery day after the massively difficult previous day. In the morning, Margaret asked us if we would like her to do...

Grasmere to Patterdale

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We started off after breakfast to walk the highest point (for us) on the coast to coast, Helvellyn and Striding Edge. The walk up to Grisda...

John Bogle interview podcast

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What an inspiring man! He brags about making much less than the chairman/CEO of Fidelity. He talks matter-of-factly about how he started th...
Friday, June 23, 2006

Tips for the Trip

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Dos: split the long 20 mile days into shorter days. The walks are tougher than you think, not because of the elevation gain or even the stee...
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On British National Parks

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Unlike U.S. National Parks, the British National Parks are not government or public property --- they are a collection of land under private...

Interesting B&B notes (Coast to Coast)

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For an early start from Osthmotherly: stay at the Mill House The Following Places were willing to do laundry: Brookfield Guest House (Shap) ...
Sunday, June 18, 2006

Quicken for Macintosh is an Unacceptable Product

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I'm a veteran Quicken user, so you'd think that I'd take to the Mac version of Quicken like a duck to water. The reality is, how...