I don’t have particularly fond memories of my previous walk along this stretch of the Speyside Way. Strong wind rendered any stops nearly impossible – unpleasant in the open and dangerous in the forest. Since that day I’ve been planning to walk it again in better weather. Such an opportunity came today. For my fellow walker this presented a chance…
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A lot has already been said and written about the past year as a year of highly surprising events; two of the most prominent were the Brexit Referendum and the US Presidential elections. Professional pollsters, commentators, clairvoyants and the like had made their predictions, only to be proven wrong when the actual events occurred. Last Friday’s official transition of power…
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A fellow walker gave me details of her walk she’d planned for the next day; it’s a relatively common and laudable custom among walkers – many lives have been saved thanks to it. At one point I realised that as my diary for that day was unusually empty – unlike the following day – I could actually join her for…
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A short break in Poland reminded me what genuine winter looked like.
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So here we are, at the beginning of the New Year. Let me be honest, for decades it’s been just another night as far as I am concerned, differing from all the other nights only in the level of noise outside at midnight. The date as well as the time have been set artificially without any connection to natural phenomena.…