by ashevillewitch | Jul 30, 2013
This is not a sausage roll. It is a Full English Breakfast. There is a sausage, however.I know, right? as the kids say.Sausage rolls–for the uninitiated, for the sausage roll virgins amongst you–are these odd take-away foods that are ubiquitous in England....
by ashevillewitch | Jul 29, 2013
Yes, that is rain on the window. Bristol weather has never been kind to me and this time is no exception. Pouring rain as I tried to comprehend the “it’s so easy” bus schedule. The handy-dandy rain poncho was close at hand, however, so I put it on...
by ashevillewitch | Jul 26, 2013
I spent most of the day researching the border reivers and writing about what I’m learning. Yes, like school. Only no grades. There will be a paper at the end but again–no grades. Carlisle is a pretty town there in the city center. Lots of old building...
by ashevillewitch | Jul 26, 2013
Honestly, I am trying to avoid thinking of the mess my home state is in as I travel in Britain. But Facebook won’t let me avoid the inanity that seems to leak from the state house, like cloudy urine from a cracked chamber pot.There is a powerful and very popular...
by ashevillewitch | Jul 25, 2013
Yesterday, I got in a cab, got on a train and left Dundee and the Tay. I had a delightful time with Terry as we wandered the countryside, visiting standing stones. Terry is someone I’ve been friends with on Twitter and Facebook but had never met. He very kindly...