Here we go again dear readers of Wear and Dao, the longest day of 2022 occurs on the 21st of June then the days shorten more or less imperceptibly through Summer, Autumn until Winter ... Here in Weardale the weather has been dry enough though not exactly hot, but that's Northern England for you folks. Of course your old blogger was brought up on the Hampshire Dorset border where the temperatures tend to average a couple of degrees extra and further West in Corwall even more. The years of wandering in Spain and Portugal offered even higher temperatures though walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela was avoided in Summer when it was far too hot and the hostels overcrowded.
If a touch of nostalgia appears to be creeping in then sure, the blog of Wear and Dao was based on the Pilgrim ways in Iberia and memories abound of the good old days, of course!
Yesterday Marta came for lunch with her husband Jez and two young sons Olek and Timek. As you may guess dear readers Marta is Polish and the boys bilingual and delightful. After a delicious lunch prepared by Marta and the kind caring friend and excellent chef we went out walking over the stepping stones over the River Wear and into the playground for more fun with the boys and philosophy with Marta and Jez.
Today, Wednesday June 1st sees a brand new day and an appointment with our solicitor to finalise the sale of The Place to Be in Wear Terrace as a rented bungalow is reqired now that the days of walking 50k a day are over. Still, A Place to Be is wherever you are as Alan says and Marta and Jez have created their Place to Be in nearby Corbridge.
The key for this blogging pilgrim is a Library with uplifting books and hospitality, now found by yours truly and his kind caring friend in the bungalow in Waterside Court.
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