England, Oct. 22: Was 43 degrees today with a wind chill of -70 (just kidding, but it felt like it!) Luckily, for my outdoor research trip today, I had my long johns, heavy boots, sweaters, mittens and parka. I took the train to the Ribblehead Viaduct about five miles away to study where the navvies […]
Month: October 2019
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: Oct. 21
England, Oct. 21: My last week in Settle already! It has gone so very fast! Learned so much about the railroad today from the man running the shop in the station.(And bought more books to mail home.) Photos include the train station, the station master’s house beside it, the old coal house, and the old […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: Oct. 15-17
England, Oct. 15-17: Very little rain, down to 39 degrees last night, but sunny. Perfect for hiking, riding, running…very active village! So many social events available…there’s a 59-page booklet of activities just for October! They have clubs and groups for every possible interest. The Victorian Hall, a music hall from 1853 that has never been […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: October 13-14
England, Oct. 13-14: Two more beautiful days in the Dales! Lots of writing, lots of hiking, lots of neat little discoveries: another telephone booth turned into a gallery (this time a listening gallery of recorded poems by local poets that you can “dial up”). I hiked some steep hills–I’m getting stronger–with great views for miles […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: October 11-12
England, Oct. 11-12 Images from the local church yard research, lots of walks, fields of new streams from all the rain, fall color, cows and sheep who ignore you as you travel public foot paths right beside them, and more. I watched part of a 10-mile foot race, people of all ages RUNNING up and […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: October 9-11
England, Oct. 9-11: The last three days have been fun for me, but writing 15,000+ words and researching at a museum isn’t everybody’s idea of a thrilling trip. But it sure is mine! It has rained a lot the last few days, so I wrote, walked when it quit raining, then repeated over and over. […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: October 8
England, October 8: Another lovely writing day and walking day… Tuesdays are Market Days. There were about twenty market stalls in the center of town: all kinds of fresh loaves of bread, local cheeses in big wheels… …and a huge variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables all. There were all kinds of […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: October 7
England, October 7: Today was a rainy day in the Dales, but lovely! I drank lots of tea today, I worked for hours close to the fireplace (cozy). Then I walked and managed to get lost (and Google maps on my phone wouldn’t work). But I made it to another village and got my […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: October 6
England, Oct. 6: I had an easy day today: started with God and my tea in the window seat, cooked some farm fresh eggs, walked a couple of hours (BIG STEEP hills, and later rain and a rainbow), made friends with some sheep, wrote a new chapter, did some research, napped away the jet lag, […]
ENGLAND RESEARCH TRIP: October 5
England, Oct. 5: I’m tired, but happy! I only slept a couple hours on the overnight flight, but I’m “settled in Settle” now. I unpacked, then did some shopping for essentials, and had a cuppa tea in the window seat overlooking my tiny “secret garden.” Then I strolled around the village, and hiked to the […]