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A Very Long Walk

Quintin Lake: The Perimeter.

From the About page:

“The Perimeter is a photography project by Quintin Lake based on walking 10,000km around the coast of Britain in sections. The journey started on 17th April 2015 at St Paul’s cathedral and I’m following the coast clockwise. I expect the journey will take around 5 years.

I’ll be walking two to three months per year and the daily distance will be 20-40km depending on the going. I’ll be camping in the wilder parts and staying in guest houses in urban areas.”

Here’s the map of his hike and previous long-distance hikes he’s taken. So far he’s completed about 10% of the journey and is walking near Dartmouth at the moment.

André and I have hiked small stretches of the Coast Path here and there, for example between Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove, and I’m reading through Lake’s posts from the beginning, trying to catch up. I’d love to hike more of the British coast, especially in the Southwest (Cornwall, Devon).

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Darum ist es am Rhein so schön…

SWR Mediathek: Der Südwesten von oben – Das Rheinland. (Dauer ca. 45 Minuten, verfügbar bis 05.01.2017.)

Der Film zeigt einige Orte, an denen wir schon gelebt haben…

  • Andernach in der Vulkaneifel mit dem Kaltwassergeysir (der damals nicht mehr/noch nicht erschlossen war)
  • Hunsrück

… und viele Orte, an denen wir schon gewandert sind …

  • Brohltal
  • Steillagen des Weinbaus an der Mosel
  • Burg Eltz
  • Hunsrück
  • Rheinauen
  • Oberes Mittelrheintal mit den Burgen Ehrenfels, Rheinstein, Pfalzgrafenstein, Rheinfels, Maus, Sterrenberg, Liebenstein, Katz
  • Bacharach, Burg Stahleck
  • Loreley
  • Siebengebirge

…oder die wir besucht haben.

  • Trier an der Mosel
  • Cochem mit der Reichsburg
  • Mainz
  • Bingen mit dem Mäuseturm und die Nahe
  • Boppard mit seiner großen Rheinschleife
  • Koblenz, Festung Ehrenbreitstein, Deutsches Eck (Moselmündung in den Rhein)
  • Neuwied
  • Brücke von Remagen

Earmarked for our next vacation in the US Southwest

Only in Your State: 17 Restaurants You Have to Visit in Utah Before You Die. “Utah has some seriously amazing restaurants, and these 17 should absolutely be on your bucket list. Start checking them off!”

We’ve only been to Café Diablo in Torrey, UT. Actually, we more or less accidentally ended up there in 1999 and then returned for another great meal in 2012. Now there are 16 more places we need to check out!

Link via André.