Taxi ride to meeting. Driver, Nigerian, says war only impacts gas prices. His family in Nigeria not much affected as everything there is a total mess: no electricity or water. Corruption. House has ground well and diesel generator.

Road Scholar bus ride.

Assembled with lots and lots of instruction, filling out forms, food choices for picnics and dinners, on and on. Leader working hard but unnecessary complications.

All Americans on this trip. Next venue we will join up with HF Holiday (local company) Brits.

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Sedbergh
Sedbergh is a small, quiet market town tucked at the edge of the Howgill Fells, known as England’s official “Book Town.” It has a handful of independent bookshops, stone cottages, and a calm, unhurried pace. The River Rawthey runs alongside town, and within minutes you’re out on footpaths that lead into open countryside. It’s not a tourist hub, which gives it a genuine, everyday English feel — a gentle and fitting place to begin a walking journey.

Thorn Hall
We begin our walk at Thorn Hall, a rambling 16th-century country house set above the small town of Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales. With its creaky staircases, wood-paneled rooms, and views out toward the surrounding fells: more like a manor than a hotel. Designed for walkers coming in with muddy boots. Meals on long tables, comfortable English countryside.