In my last post about Itchy Boots, I announced a short break while she was on a book tour in the UK. She did indeed do a small series about her ride there. I found it delightful! I often read books based in the UK so it was exciting to see these areas from Noraly's perspective. Even though she is Dutch and has traveled to multiple countries all over the world, she had never explored the UK. While this wasn't a vast exploration of everything, she did show us some interesting sights.
June 15, 21, 22, 25, and 29 we watched episodes that took us to England and Wales.
Noraly experienced her first Sunday roast, left her book in a few places (like in Oxford, at a few free book markets, inside red telephone booths turned free libraries), signed copies of her book in bookstores; took us to the white cliffs of Dover; road around with Charley Boorman; exclaimed over the beauty and cuteness of the English countryside and the Cotswolds, The bike she's using (a more-modern and powerful Yamaha than Frankie) was stolen and thankfully recovered in Wales. Weird fact: her bikes had never been stolen in all the seasons before (that we know of), but they have been stolen twice this season, once in Iraq and once in Wales.
July 2, 9, 13, 16, 19 (2 episodes), and 26 we saw a bit more of England and several places in Scotland
Noraly showed us Bristol where she studied for a time while getting her Master's degree, and there she did a short Banksy street-art tour. She found a working telephone in one of those red booths, and got change from a local lady so she could call her friends. The call was expensive, but she was happy to get the chance to call. She went on to Devon and Dartmoor which were lovely! She showed us a bit of the Lake District and then was off to Scotland. She got a new drone in Glasgow, and then went to the Highlands where we saw lovely landscapes and she stayed overnight at castles. She went to the Isle of Skye, saw a pine marten, looked at Loch Ness and saw beautiful fields of flowers. I like that she bought a stuffed Highland cow at one of the shops as I rarely see her buy souvenirs.
She told us at the end that she had traveled 3,400 miles in about 3 weeks. She did book signings and spoke at a motorcycle rally. Now she's going to reunite with her motorcycle and should be back on her YouTube channel in a week or two.
Super fun fact: my long-time blogger/Facebook friend Sarah lives in Edinburgh, and she knew about Itchy Boots from posts I shared on Facebook a few years ago. She went to her book signing and met Noraly! She first posted about it on her Facebook page, and then mentioned it on her blog.
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