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Birdoswald YHA Our first proper siting of the wall Trailing along

This was a very hectic 20 mile walk over all kinds of terrain and beautiful countryside. We started out at 11am and only got to the YHA by 9 in the evening! Our feet were killing us, our backs in spasm from carrying rucksacks. We’d had very little food that day and ran out of

Today I caught the National Express bus to Carlisle and met the Great Quiddity for the first time! I knew the moment she hopped out the taxi at the YHA that she’d be the perfect person to do a trip like this with. Funny how things work out that way. The trip up on the

As I’ve been receiving regular updates from the starch barren trenches of Olivia and Quiddity’s walk, I thought I’d fill you all in on a bit of the inside scoop. Allegedly, they did about 1/3rd of the walk on their very first day. Also, it seems that, contrary to what modern medicine has thought in

Mark Ryden‘s paintings instantly trigger a warped deja vu. His works recall a parallel universe of 1950s Golden Books and the whimsy of Lewis Carroll. His cheery bunnies, rendered in the glowing hues of children’s books, are more likely to be carving slabs of meat rather than frolicking in the forest. Some sweet ass tattoo