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Saturday rain, intermittent A day to wander the city in the rain. The beaches, contiguous, three of them, connected by a pedestrian tunnel in one case, put the Riviera to shame. A visit to the local themalbad resulted in the … Continue reading →

Friday partly cloudy. Then hot and sunny. And very humid. Our third crossing of the pyrannes, first from sea to sea in one day. Route, the high alpine one, turned out much longer than we planned. 26km/15 miles. 500 meters/1800 … Continue reading →

Thursday clear bright. Awoke to a bright sun and a view of both the river and ocean from the hotel window. Any ready city to fall in love with. Tomorrow the first leg in the pyrannes; starts with an 1800 … Continue reading →

Wed. Evening Arrival by plane into Bilbao. Notice the airport sign. Spanish is the THIRD language. Met Blair Armstrong, a soon to be famous neural net academic. Bus ride conversation. A good way to catch up with current tech. Hotel … Continue reading →

Finding Rx drugs that are not from some less than reputable pharmacies in India and China. How? How to get, Rx drugs from those that are known to be honest brokers. A NYT article yesterday discussed a few particularly bad … Continue reading →

Wed. Sunny warm with one torrential downpour. So the trip ends in Bovisand, actually in Devon, a few miles east of Plymouth. Short easy cliff walk to end the trek. Booby Hatch took arrival -at-end picture. Stats: total distance walked … Continue reading →

Tues. Light rain. Wind, but not as strong as yesterday. Bob still here. Saltram house and gardens. National trust tea room with excellent ginger cake. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/saltram/ Walk about in Georgian period home done by a famous architect. Paintings and moldings … Continue reading →

Monday heavy rain with gale Force 10 winds, moderating very slightly later. Arrival of Booby Hatch alleged rescue team. Forgot boots. A guide noted that plymouth was sacked by Vikings until 997. Obviously, that info is incorrect since the Boog … Continue reading →

Sunday. Walk from Cawsands to Cremyll then ferry into Plymouth. Nice muddy walk until HUGE downpour forced us into a gazebo. We were already soaked. Several diversions on the path due to cliff erosion. Mostly woodsy with views of the … Continue reading →

Saturday sunny after mizzle in AM. Still surprisingly warm. Walk along west looe river. Muddy trek along the river at low tide. Required several loud choruses of the Mud Song. Nevertheless, a break from the high cliffs. Note: LETTUCE is … Continue reading →