No point complaining
Thursday 1 November, 2018 In many ways, this was a rotten kind of day, but I don’t want to dwell on the terrain or the poor condition of the path. I was warned in...
Category: The Peculiar Pligrimage 2018
The spare day
Wednesday, 31 October 2018 If I’d thought things through, I would have compressed the St Ive’s stay into one day, not because I dislike the town, but because I realised that I could have...
A prayer at the start of a walk
Thursday 1 November 2018 Thomas Merton: “My Lord God I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will...
Bus-scratch tourism
Tuesday 30 October I never seem to choose the easiest way to get from A to B. I’m sure those closest to me would agree with that, but today took it to the absurd...
And Budleigh is still there
Sunday 28 October, 2018 It was, as I discovered, the end of the season and the cafes and kiosks were opening for the last time. I took the train down to Exmouth, looking at...
The peculiar pilgrimage begins
Monday 29 October, 2018 The morning was spent dashing along Brunels’ remarkable coastal railway. I was scarcely able to believe that the line had survived all these years as this high-speed train was splashed...