As I’ve been working on a post reflecting on 2011, I realized there were several trips I hadn’t written about. In September of last year Andrea’s mom and stepfather (Wanda and Jim) became the first lucky family members to visit us in England. We had a wonderful time with them visiting some of northeast England’s [...]
Categories: Adventures,England,History
Tagged: Alnwick, Alnwick Castle, Berwick, Berwick Castle, Berwick Upon Tweed, Harry Potter, Holy Island, Lindisfarne, Lindisfarne Abbey, Lindisfarne Castle, Whitby, Whitby Abbey
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- January 28, 2012 – 5:04 pm
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- By Eric
S24O stands for Sub 24-hour Overnight, and is a term coined by Grant Peterson to describe quick, overnight camping trips that last for no more than 24 hours. The idea behind S24Os is that planning and preparation for long camping trips can be so daunting (time consuming, expensive, etc) that they often keep people from [...]
Categories: Adventures,England
Tagged: Brompton, Camping, Castle Howard, S24O
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- July 21, 2011 – 9:41 pm
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- By Eric
Over the Christmas holidays the combination of melting snow and too many days spent indoors ignited a desire to go out exploring on our Bromptons. We chose to ride to the nearby ruins of a 13th century priory. The warmer weather and simple navigation made the outing much more enjoyable than our recent excursion to [...]
Categories: Adventures,England,Miscellaneous
Tagged: Bicycles, Brompton, Castles, Durham Castle, Finchale Priory, UFO
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- January 13, 2011 – 8:12 am
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- By Eric