We've been rambling about for the last two weeks. We visited Snowdonia Nat'l Park in N. Wales (and importantly Paul Morgan's Coch Y Bonddu Bookstore in Macynlleth, Wales - the very best bookstore for angling ever, anywhere! - see link on this page!) then the Lake District Nat'l Park in Cumbria, then Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria (& Northumberland NP), Loch Lomond NP in Scotland, the Western Highlands (stunning mountains!), around Loch Ness and Inverness to the River Spey in the Speyside District of NE Scotland (Whew!).
Besides eating the scenery, and an excellent meal at the Battlestead Inn at Wark, England, we've had some excellent meals of our own all prepared on the MSR Whisperlite International (on high octane unleaded!). Local lamb and beef, seafood chowder, and even several rounds of wild chantrelle mushrooms and puffballs that we've found here and there. Think we'll begin working on a cookbook too!
Now in Aberdeen, on the River Dee, we have a chance to get back to work and blogging, etc. Will also post some pictures to the Picasa site. The image posted here is of a small lake in Snowdonia with association fishing that we found on our way to Eddie I's Caernaforn Castle (built to subdue the Welsh!).
We've seen some salmon fishing here in Scotland, and it turns out that the fishery on the River Tyne in Northumbria is recovering as well due to the decline of heavy manufacturing and shipbuilding in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Met some really nice folks around Hexham and Bellingham England who put us on the trail of fish squeezers in Edinburgh, our next destination in a week or so. Until then I'm going to visit with Geographer colleague Antonio Ioris at University of Aberdeen, and his colleagues, and try to arrange for some salmon fishing on the Dee! Might even bump into the Queen as the fishing has just turned on here in N. Scotland, and her summer palace is just up the road!
So, until later, here is a pic from the recent travels. Cheers!
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