At-swim-one-book
I’m an early riser, so before I went for a swim this morning, I finished reading in praise of slow by Carl Honore. Ironically, it’s a book that can be read very quickly. I started reading it last evening with my takeout pizza and I did feel a little guilty by the [...]
Home
Home after 1064.4 miles. The temperature in Dublin is about 9 degrees less than when I left. This is not good.
I sent a postcard from Lizard Point (Britian’s most Southerly point) to a colleague in which I wrote, ‘I wish I had kept going’. Now I really wish I had.
Better late than never (Thurs, 22 June)
Visited the Eden Project today. Words can’t describe it so just look at the pictures.
Visited Plymouth in the afternoon for a very brief stop, including the National Maritime Aquarium. Might revisit tomorrow if there’s time.
I wrote this on Thursday, 22 June 2006, but I couldn’t post it until today.
Better late than never (Wed, 21 June)
Today was Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. Or rather, that day of the year which has the longest amount of daylight. And, boy, did I make the most of it. I left my hotel early to go for a walk on the local (imaginatively titled) ‘coastal walk’. The [...]
Better late than never (Tues, 20 June)
The funny signs paragraph is at the bottom. You can scroll down of course, but I hope you’ll indulge me by reading the bit in between.
Visited Lands End and the Lizard Point in Cornwall today. They are, respectively, the most Westerly and the most Southerly parts of Britain. Arguably, Lizard Point was [...]