Category: Europe
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Ravenscar
Wild Ravenscar, seal colony, seawalk, cliffs and sky. Green, rock. Almost entirely alone. Empty space. A challenging walk. A breathtaking view. Slow down. Space. Wild country. Nature and us. ___ Day 2, Yorkshire Coast Trip Last stop of our Yorkshire Coast trip, another detour on our drive home. Ravenscar is a super small village,…
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Whitby
Whitby. Quaint, classic English seaside. Timeless. Town pier. Abandoned abbey. One hundred and ninety nine steps. Layers and layers of literary, economic history. The abbey is 1600+ years old. The abbey inspired parts of Dracula. The abbey was home to the first known English language poet. And the Romans minded jet here. Captain Cook…
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Staithes
Wild Yorkshire, moors and coast. Burnt orange, sand, the green of the coastal path. An old cottage, a zillion stars. The tide is gone and back again. Everything changes in hours, nothing changes at all. With our friends, here, in this beautiful, quiet place. ___ Day 1, Yorkshire Coast Trip We left Cambridge late…
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Godrevy
Godrevy, an accident we discovered by pointing at the stretch of green on a map. A detour on a drive home. White sand, stretching forever in all directions. Water warm to touch. Mussels on moss covered stones. Sand dunes. Surfers. Sun and not wanting to leave. ___ Day 4, Cornwall Trip Our last morning…
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Penzance
Penzance is quirky, fresh, old, loved. Pirate flags and old, dark pubs. Seafood shacks. A long beach walk. Hydrangeas bigger than my head. Pirates, pirate flags. The sound of seagulls through the windows when I wake up in the morning. ___ The first thing I noticed about our weekend home in Penzance was the…
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Zennor
The magic of Cornwall is this: the not needing to be anywhere. Losing yourself, losing time. Content doing nothing. A real escape from reality. Timelessness and all time, collide. And that is what it is to be in Zennor. ___ The drive to Zennor was gorgeous. All along the sea, across giant open green…
exploring & escapades 