Day 86 - Shrewsbury, Newport, papers
Today was a very productive day. I went to two of the three remaining English counties (Shropshire and Herefordshire), got to visit two of my favorite places in the world: Birmingham and Wales, almost finished my two conference papers on the train, and arrived back in Reading by 7:30!Shropshire was very beautiful, as was Herefordshire. I spent some time walking around Shrewsbury and was very surprised and impressed. It's a really neat town!! On the way back I stopped for a while in Newport (Casnewydd).
From Newport to Reading (and earlier from Reading to Birmingham) I worked on my two papers, one for the 18th Symposium on Climate Variability and Change and the other for the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (at the 86th AMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta that begins on Jan. 29).
So now I've been to 38 counties in England. Only one left (Northumberland), but no time to go there before my rail pass expires. Another problem is that it's the farthest county from Reading, up in the northeast corner of England. But maybe I'll pull a rabbit out of my hat and get up there somehow.
Here's a cool fact: so far I've been to 19 of the 20 largest cities in the UK (not just England). The one I haven't been to (Hull) was rated by the BBC as the "Worst Place to Live in the UK".
4 Comments:
"Worst place" as in da hood? I'm surprised that wasn't your first place to go. :-p
Wow! You are quite the (world) traveler!
I think you may have done more of the UK than I have in my 26 years. Certainly a handful of counties i've not set foot in.
I have also not been to "hull"... affectionately known as "hell" to some of its residents.
Newport! yay! (30 minutes from where i live!) good ol' wales....!
and herefordshire is beautiful too.
you certainly did have a productive day. in fact, yo've had a very productive stay in the uk so far, well done!
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