Post 14/2025. Cornwall UK. The distance added up. On Wednesday, nine of us walked 12 miles, mostly on St Michael's Way, from Carbis Bay on the Atlantic to St Michael's Mount on the English Channel. Marty stayed home nursing a sore knee. While the eight toured the castle, I spent time in the terraced gardens. …
Post 12/20025 Cornwall UK. Sunday, a week ago yesterday, we joined the monthly fellowship walk of St Anta church. We walked around part of Penrose, near Helston and Porthleven. This National Trust property includes woods, farmland, parkland, walled garden, cliffs and beaches. The weather was ideal. The week proved a treasure of going to and …
Post 11/2025. Cornwall UK. I recently reposted two blogs from 2020. Here's the third. In March 2020 Marty and I faced a quandary: how do we return to the US from England five weeks early? COVID-19 was shutting down the world. A friend asked, "How will you get home? It took some weeks to answer …
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Post 10/2025. Cornwall UK. We're enjoying sharing Cornwall with niece Rachel for a short spell. We've covered paths old and new and met friends. Of course, the time has been too short but we've made the most of it, I believe. The longest walk was St Michael's Way. The path goes from St Uny Church …
Post 38/2024. Goshen, Indiana. THE HARVEST MOON glowed softly as I peered at it from our driveway and snapped it handheld. Of late I've been testing my old, assumed no longer functional, point and shoot pocket camera, a Nikon Coolpix S7000. I retired the camera some years ago because of cloudy (moisture?) spots on the …
Post 19/2024 Goshen Indiana USA. Travel can be worrisome, wearying, but worth it all. For the latter sentiment I quote Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra: "O sir! you had then left unseen a wonderful piece of work which not to have been blessed withal would have discredited your travel." In other words, don't sell the …
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