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January 13, 2022
January. A New Year, a New Project. Well…projects…
Well, here we are again. A New Year. At least we’ve had a few sunny days, recently: On Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Sussex. Heading up on to the South Downs from Clayton, Sussex. ‘Jill’ windmill, near Clayton, South Downs. ‘Jack’ windmill – no longer working, and now a private dwelling. And another shot of ‘Jill’ …
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December 19, 2021
A Sort of Christmas Post
I’ve had several ideas recently for blog posts, but when I sat down and tried to write them none of them really worked out. I then tried a Christmas short story, but although I was pleased with much of it, I couldn’t get the ending right. I couldn’t get it to say what I wanted …
December 10, 2021
A Scottish Coast to Coast Walk (3)
22nd April 1994 Today the intention is to take it as easy as possible. Last night, after a fruitless search for treats I cooked myself some supper and then decided to walk on for another half a dozen miles or so with a view to just leaving a token walk into Kyle of Lochalsh. But …
December 7, 2021
A Scottish Coast to Coast Walk (2)
20th June 1994 It rained during the night, but when I emerge from my bivvi in the morning it has eased to an occasional drizzle. Down the valley to the east, the sun is glittering on the trees, while the hilltops are shrouded in cloud. Cotton grass and heather dance around me in the breeze, …
December 4, 2021
A Scottish Coast to Coast Walk(1)
18th June 1994 My coach got into Inverness at 8.10pm after almost twelve hours on the road, and I was more than ready to begin walking. With over two hours of daylight left, I aimed to get well clear of the city and find a good spot to camp for the night. I grabbed a …
November 28, 2021
Not a Water Buffalo Day Today
A rather nicer day today, although very cold. A day for double socks, a duvet jacket and hands thrust deep into pockets. The birds are into their winter silence, flitting low down between bushes and clumps of trees, although a blackbird does set up an aggrieved alarm call as I approach. This holly tree keeled …
November 27, 2021
Cold, Grey, Miserable Day
It’s a damp and bleak day here, so here are some water buffaloes doing what water buffaloes do. You’re welcome.
November 25, 2021
A Day in Ladakh (2)
I’ve posted (and re-posted) a few times over the years about my trip to Ladakh in 2005. So here’s another extract from my journal for one of the days I spent there. For those not in the know, Ladakh is high in the Indian Himalaya to the west of Tibet, with which it shares many …
November 20, 2021
Return To Tengboche…
…but not literally, unfortunately. I did say I would re-post another travel post from some while back, so here it is. Four years ago I wrote four short posts about Tengboche. Here I’ve combined them into a single post and added some extra pictures and text to give a little more information about this lovely …
November 18, 2021
Hindoostan
Reading my blogging friend Arv’s latest (excellent) blog on Jaipur, I was reminded that the area that is now the state of Rajasthan was originally called Rajpoot, the area comprising a mix of princely states. This sent me to look at an old encyclopaedia I have – volume two of the 1848 / 1849 Chambers …
