A book. A photo. A personal story. So many ways that an idea finds itself in our head. After completing England’s South West Coast Path, I wanted to try another English walk. But where? There are numerous national trails. Arthur Wainwright Then, I came across Arthur Wainwright and his idiosyncratic book “A Coast to Coast …
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Departures and Arrivals. Every trip has these components. It doesn't matter whether I'm going to the grocery store, driving to Stone Mountain to climb the mountain, or flying to India. Departures and arrivals are part of the journey. Our departure from Atlanta to New York is not smooth. Because of stormy weather, we miss our …
Similar to many other recent, freshly bestowed, humanities' Ph.D.’s, I didn’t’ have a full-time job. Fortunately, I am an adjunct at DeKalb College. Because my wife Mary teaches English at DeKalb Technical College which is right next door, we both know, and are known, by several of the DeKalb College faculty and administrators. One winter …
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Strangers from Overseas came for the neolithic hill forts. The Romans came. The Angles and Saxons from northern Germany and southern Scandinavia came. The Vikings from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden came. The French from Normandy led by William the Conqueror came, and landed at Hastings. The Spanish in the Armada came. Plymouth Sir Francis Drake …
Bigbury on the Sea approach BW Walking the South West Coast Path involves the eyes. In paying attention to the world around me, I notice the shapes, structures, and vistas of tangible objects. Along with color, these are indispensable elements to physical entities in this world of ours. The following photos come from our natural …
Almost everybody will share in bumps, bruises, and even blood when they walk. I question some folks decision to walk parts of the South West Coast Path. Yesterday, hiking up the Gold Cap, at 627 feet the highest point on the southern part of the SWCP, I see an overweight elderly woman, walking with a …
Another sunny day to walk. Temperatures in the high 50’s or lower 60’s. A perfect day. My day begins as I chat with an older English couple taking their morning walk. He is from Wales; she is from London. After working in Houston for years. “You must be in oil” I reply. “What else?” “We …
I’m the first one to the hotel restaurant at 6PM. I’ve had another one of those days of walking 10+ miles and an elevation ascent of 2500 feet. Since I always start at sea level, and end at sea level, an elevation ascent of that distance means a descent of that distance. My thighs and …
Dorcester Thomas Hardy I know nothing about Dorchester. At first, I didn’t know which is the county and which is the city, Dorset or Dorchester. So, I’m pleasantly surprised when we spend several days in, the town. Staying here primarily as a convenient resting place to see ancestral villages, I grow to enjoy Dorchester for …
Winterborne Whitechurch St. Mary's Parish Church There is no other good way to visit the three villages associated with William Henry Kingsbury. So, I cough up 120 pounds for three hours. Although Vince, our driver, doesn’t know much about Winterbourne Whitechurch, Milton Abbas or Morden, he is a safe and pleasant driver. I’m not entirely …
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