Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Water, water.

I assume that Cancer is a water sign, I seem at my happiest and most relaxed when water is a part of the picture.

Today started again with the full heart attack on a plate but it was too big and I mean who can eat four slices of fried bread and black pudding as well as all the usual suspects, tomorrow I may just go for the cereal.

We were on the road by 9am and first stop was the Royal Navy museum in Hartlepool where the main attraction for me was the Trincomalee a Royal Navy sailing ship built in India in 1817 just 2 years after the Battle of Waterloo. It was a dream come true to see an actual 46 gun ship of the line from my hero Hornblower's era and the various other displays in the recreated 18th century dockyard only added to the experience.

Another trip exploring remote villages eventually brought us out at High Force waterfall in the upper Tees valley, I had seen photos and indeed I took some of my own but it is hard to capture such a physical force of nature in words and photographs.

Very little walking today but I have racked up over 18 miles since last Friday and fingers crossed I will be standing on the top of Roseberry Topping tomorrow morning.

This trip has opened my mind to UK holidays, I knew Britain was a beautiful place but to realise how much there is to see and do has brought it home to me. I know it has been helped by the good weather but now I can see no reason to go abroad during the summer months.

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