Beautiful and wild – Great Gable (pic by Alan Cleaver via Flickr) I spend a lot of time walking the fells in the Lake District enjoying the views, ridges and fell tops and am increasingly aware of the presence of cremation ashes on the summits. This has led me to consider this relatively modern practice of […]
Ready for a new year – did we leave anyone in the old one?
A cup of sentiment and some ill-thought-out resolutions. Another new year is nearly upon us. Are you ready? Doesn’t really matter – the Bells will chime whether you put your head under the pillow or elbow your way to the front of the crowd. We’re moving into 2013, one way or the other. Only we can’t all […]
Just when you think you’ve got a plan…
The nativity sheep So there I was staring the festive season squarely in its twinkly eye and making plans.Way back in December I had a lovely selection box of nights out and Christmas gatherings lined up – I even knew what I was going to wear to each. Then a chill blast of mortality gusted through. […]
What did you to to remember your loved ones?
You’ll have noticed that we go on walks, but there’s also a bench and a cairn. Something solid to visit, commune with or at. X marks the spot. And while it’s easy to agree that things don’t matter a jot, what a comfort there is – for now – in a solid thing to visit. […]
A walk at the Whangie
Is it through the Whangie, to the Whangie, round the Whangie? If you don’t know what I’m on about, or you think that, perhaps, I’ve come over all post-watershed, I will explain. The Whangie is an odd rock formation in a corner of the Kilpatrick hills. We walked there this week and the sun shone. […]