How satisfying to sometimes take a step back from life.
Even if just for a moment
All in Travel
Sensibly Although A Little Reluctantly
I didn't want to push things too much. I was reminded that only a few months before I was using a walking stick and could barely get out of the house.
Keep Positive And Put It Out There
I know what I don’t want.
I know what doesn’t work for me.
Over And Over And Over
There is peace and solitude in wildness. Skies, grey and inpenetrable, and wind fierce enough to leave even the strongest of us staggering for a moment.
No Slots, No Bars, No Clubs
We visited somewhere rather wonderful just the other day. Somewhere spectacular and beautiful, a place that we both loved.
A place that I decided to write a few words about here.
But also a place that I do not want to share.
Little Storms Of Rural Activity
Walking along quiet lanes, tractors and farm machinery working in the summer-dry fields as drifting clouds of dust take to the air, little storms of rural activity and a visible soundtrack to our amble.
Enigmatic and Strikingly Explicit
Take a turn off the quiet country road linking Sherborne and Dorchester and park up in the isolated, and free, car park. Take a stroll past the ancient Kettle Bridge (very old) and walk along the bank of the Cerne River (very beautiful) and you will soon find yourself in the centre of the village.
Strip Out The Noise
So we walked and talked today.
We discussed how we are told that so many things in our world have importance when most are actually of little value.
I Hear Words As I Walk By Myself Across Fields
And as much as I love people, and I do, I really do, I also need to be away from them to allow myself time to think and just be me.
European Rail Trip 2023 - Part Two - A Walk In The Footsteps Of Artists and Monsters
The grounds were sobering and had a power about them that, like the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, is difficult to describe. We didn’t see everything. The weather was really not very good. But we saw plenty and it was enough.
European Rail Trip 2023 - Part One - I Am Not In Love With Trains
The endless possibilities and the thoughts of adventure and of actually having the time, yes, the time, to sit back and take a moment or two to contemplate the journey as it unfolds rather than to just think about the destination.
What Comes After Where We Are Right Now
Sometimes you find a place that grabs you, surprises you even. A place that makes you look around and think to yourself, well, I'm not really sure what I expected, but I certainly didn't expect this.
Honest, The Curtains Were All Closed
So, if I asked you to tell me one thing that you associate with Amsterdam in The Netherlands, what would it be?
Scotland Road Trip 2022 - Part Three - As Good As It Gets
But this is an adventure and we are not letting a little rain get in the way of exploring. So, after a relatively leisurely start to the day, we got ourselves suitably attired and out into the Scottish dreich.
Scotland Road Trip 2022 - Part Two - Forcible and Pathetic
Actually, the day had already started in spectacular fashion when, hearing a whole lot of noise outside, we looked out of the window and saw wave after wave of geese flying overhead. There were thousands, all honking in the way that geese do, flying across the dull and damp sky.
Scotland Road Trip 2022 - Part One - Is It Raining Yet?
The morning was lovely, blue skies and mild for mid October. We passed the uninteresting hours travelling away from the South East listening to the radio and finding random things to discuss. Who would have guessed that almost every other car on the M40 through Oxfordshire would have been a black Range Rover?
Oh To Bring A Little Classical Philosophy Into A Conversation
If you decided to put a word, just one, on a padlock and then leave it, locked, somewhere for others to see and consider, I wonder, what would you choose?
And I Wonder, Do We Waste Our Time?
Because when you see something, something that touches you in a way that almost dares you to try and find the words to describe it, well, you can't just see it and keep on walking, can you?
When Unpleasant Things Command Our Attention
Life can be very unpredictable.
We all know that. Things happen that we don’t expect and the world we enjoy can change significantly, almost overnight, at times.
Who Needs Witty And Smart?
I've spent way too long trying to write something clever about this image. Something about “chocolate box” views and changing aesthetics and tastes.