The last post

Well just 2days to go before leaving Belfast for home in BC.
The past ten days have been a great visit with my dad. We have watched World Cup rugby, researched Lewis family history, gone on a pub crawl round 5 historic Belfast bars( in a gentlemanly fashion of course), enjoyed a couple of evening singsongs, and managed to get along for pretty much the whole time, no mean feat! So well done father and son.

As for the cycling, I'm really pleased that I did the trip as its been something I've thought about for a long period. Its such a pleasant way to link places on the planet, coming upon them gradually in direct connection with people and place. There were certainly lots of blissful moments and places along the byways of Britain, Normandy and Brittany, and i would certainly consider doing it again .... in fact at least 2 further tours are germinating as we speak.

Thanks to those people who read the blog, especially Kim, KellyClaire, Meredith, Maggie and John, Rowena, Helen, Chris, Steve, and my dad, who all provided support along the way.
Mucho gracias!

Well as usual this blog posting seems to have been fraught with unusual and unexpected glitches, so I hope anyone who reads it appreciates the effort and anguish that's gone into this simple act.
|Just why text is underlined is the final mystery I hope!
The photos are rather out of synch and were somewhat random choices in the end, but do serve to show a variety of tour moments.
The west |Midlands from Worchester to Bewdley, to Ironbridge, to Shrewsbury to Chester were an unexpected delight. The weather turned nice, which always helps, and the people all seemed warm and friendly, and things began to get cheaper as I proceeded northward.

I should really fill in more details, but I've already taken much more time here than I intendeed, and this Inet cafe is not free, (unlike libraries which are great free net sources while on the road), so I'm signing off, for now.
HL









Lovely day hiking in Cardingmill Valley, Church Stretton, Shropshire







Shropshire Union canal route into Chester





Vintage cars at Woodside ferry on the Mersey, Birkenhead, Liverpool







Georgian 'Circus' in Bath



Amazing bio zones created at disused chalk pits in Devon






Severn River at Shrewsbury





Somewhere in the west Midlands





With sister Maggie, and cousin Rowena in the Cotswolds