The scariest path in the world

Not being given to vertiginous pursuits, this posting is outside my normal range of interests - I prefer to view mountainous scenery from a position of safety and with the minimum of physical effort. But this video is so stomach churningly incredible, I just had to post it.
It shows the Caminito del Rey (the little [...]

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We live the life we choose

Each morning I look at the beautiful print I have on the wall in my bedroom - it was painted by a wonderful, sensitive and spiritually focussed American artist called Melissa Harris, and depicts a woman in a green robe with a red lining (like my own ritual garment) standing by a Cornish windbush - [...]

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A new one on Popeye!

Being a relative novice to growing veggies (though now the proud owner of the local Gardeners Association novice cup - my friends are all bored with hearing that one!) I had not realised that some veggies, well, just keep going forever. I thought you ate them then planted more. How wrong was I…
Now my well [...]

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A sore sea longing in my heart

I feel so land-girt these days… its odd that so many of us live away from the sea and yet it calls to us like a primordial force, reminding us of our fear to be far from it, our sustainer, our familiar, the flat horizon always with us, glittering, moonlit, moving or monochrome. Those of [...]

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Quote of the Day

I love Monty Don - I thought that no-one could ever take the special place in my heart occupied by Geoff Hamilton of blessed memory - but Monty has such a gentle passion for the earth about him. As everything is peeping above the surface now wanting to push upwards and grow, here’s a quote [...]

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First Post!

With nothing interesting to say except some garbled nonsense - fascinating erudition will follow!

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Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

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