Stories, problems, mishaps while traveling are usually funny, rather than tragic only in hindsight. Ah yes. Here are a very few of the more laughable incidents during years and years of travel: – Hiking through the pastures of Switzerland, big, healthy-looking cows roam freely. After all, this is their territory. No worries until the day [...]
“Travel Tips & Advice on England”
There’s A Bat in My Tent… A Few Tales From the Road
May 20th, 2009 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in Africa, England, General, Laos, Switzerland 
Tags: adventure, destination, event, events, food, information, landmark, log, nature, sightseeing, travel 
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Information About Hiking The Coast to Coast Across England
December 12th, 2008 Sheila Simkin I received the comment below on Travels With Sheila from Giuseppe, in Florence, Italy and thought I’d let you read my answers to his questions… …”Hello, I’m an italian guy, aged 49, and I’m planning with my daughter aged 12 the trail from St.Bee’s to Robin Hood Bay, approximately next august, 2009. I’ve visited your [...]
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Hiking England Coast to Coast: One Final Push to Robin Hood’s Bay
April 9th, 2008 Sheila Simkin It’s a good thing that today was the last day because my ankles coudn’t have taken much more. Severe tendonitis in both ankles from all the mud and bogs. If you’ve never had the opportunity to walk through a muddy forest (and why should you), every footstep slides in a different direction. The tendons start [...]
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Hiking England Coast to Coast: North York Moors National Park
April 8th, 2008 Sheila Simkin North York Moors National Park was the most desolate section of the Coast to Coast. This is definitely a …Heathcliffe atmosphere…and man, would I hate to be lost in the moors. It was in the North York Moors that we started noticing signage for the Cleveland Way and Cleveland Way hikers. All with their map [...]
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Hiking England Coast to Coast: Yorkshire Dales National Park and North York Moors
April 7th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Back on the trail in the Yorkshire Dales National Park for a long 10-mile day. Today, we’d cross the main watershed of the Pennines and it was also the halfway point of the Coast to Coast. Nine Standards Rigg is an array of cairns at the top of the watershed and we made our way [...]
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Hiking England Coast to Coast: A Rest Day in Historic Durham
April 6th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Praise the Lord, a rest day. ex-Marine and I had planned to spend the day in Kirkby Stephen doing nothing but didn’t realize that when you stay in a B&B, you are booted out after breakfast! Duh… With no place to go, we joined the group for the day trip to Durham, a UNESCO World [...]
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Hiking England Coast to Coast: Fletcher House B&B in Kirkby Stephen
April 5th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Three nights in Kirkby Stephen staying at a Bed & Breakfast. Alfred Wainwright originated the Coast to Coast Walk, that passes through town. The famous Settle-Carlisle Railway also stops at a station 1.5 miles from the town center. Kirby Stephen is in the Yorkshire Dales and over nine million visitors visit this area, each year. [...]
Hiking England Coast to Coast: Keswick to Kirkby Stephen and The Yomp
April 4th, 2008 Sheila Simkin The van shuttled us back to Patterdale. Off we went, up the steep slopes of Place Fell and through the col (a pass) between Patterdale and Boardale. Today was the last of the high fells along a 2,500′ mountain ridge. We followed an ancient Roman road (the highest built by the Romans in England) past [...]
Hiking England Coast to Coast: The Beautiful Lake District
April 3rd, 2008 Sheila Simkin The van transferred us back to yesterday’s stopping point and off we went for some “fell walking.” Up rocky paths past Eagle Crag and later on, Lining Crag. From here, the official route took us down a path into Far Easedale along a “beck” (What the hell is a beck?…a brook or swiftly running stream [...]
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Hiking England Coast to Coast: Lake District National Park
April 2nd, 2008 Sheila Simkin Today’s walk took us along the shore of Ennerdale Water and into Ennerdale Forest. Ennerdale Water is the most isolated Cumbrian lake because there is no public access road on either side. Up and over open fell country to reach Honister Pass and Borrowdale, a beautiful valley. Don’t you just love the names? I do. [...]
