On March 19th I wrote a throw away comment on a very short post which was a poem. The post mentioned Dose of Nature. This is a relatively new charity which I have become a guide for. You can find out more about the charity here: https://www.doseofnature.org.uk/ This charity was…
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Elusive goshawks in a local forest
It was a bit of a murky afternoon but brightening. The temperature warmed from the chill of the February morning where ice had to be scraped off the vehicles. I climbed into the car and managed to avoid the traffic works by driving in the opposite direction. There was a…
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Unstead Reserve November 25th 2023
Unstead nature reserve is one of our local reserves which is not far from Guildford, which is a good place to visit. It is located just off the A3100 on the edge of Peasmarsh or accessed from the A281 Horsham Road, just after Shalford village. Parking is limited by the…
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The beast in the machine and real truth
This is a miniblog of something longer and deeper which has end of the age repurcussions. Fresh out as an an episode on a relatively new podcast – the title Re-enchanting Nature, Paul Kingsnorth is interviewed. The podcast incidentally is Re-enchanting by Seen and Unseen presented by Justin Brierley and…
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Caught in espionage out in the wilds
It was a drab end of winter day. I decided to go on one of my forays out into the borderlands of Surrey and Hampshire. The Basingstoke Canal called me as often it would back in my early twenties. Around that time, I also fished those waters not with great…
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Nature depletion comes to the UK!
This post is adapted from one of my journal entries which was on my birthday. In short this post is about the state of nature in the UK, my part in that and yours. I was recently inspired and challenged by the Countryfile Magazine Podcast, which had the author of…
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First walk of the year
Went out on a walk taking in Chitty’s Common including the boardwalk where I slow-walked, drinking in the sights and sounds, even going off track and meeting a Goldcrest. It was raining and the sky was heavy with dark grey clouds but it was trying to brighten although evening dusk…
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The Seasonal Nature of Christmas!
One of the many books I’ve been reading is called The Celtic Wheel of the Year, Celtic and Christian Seasonal Prayers by Tess Ward. The reason for reading is to inform my prayers in following more of a daily pattern, over the months, onward through the year. I am using…
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A different kind of lent thought
For those of you who read this blog I would like to take a moment to highlight some other writings which are in process on another site which you will see on the left side of the page. These daily missives belong on the Mystic Christ blog and are those…
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J.E.H.O.M-O?
I don’t know about you but I really connected with Frank’s New Year sermon. He headed it with the overall theme of worship and then used six words to hang his content on which I have used here. There are different styles of worship and we move in and out…
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Serendipity v non-serendipity(!)
Went for a walk yesterday morning with Ethan, to get myself air and to deliver him from the screen! I took my binoculars just in case as you never know! It was a fresh and bright morning, dry but icy especially in the shade. We were staying over at the…
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Naming nature
Last month I looked at trees and how Debbie and I made our email address – we created our own name using Gingertree. This month I thought I’d look at names and particularly naming the nature around us. As human’s we like to know someone’s name. It’s the beginning…
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God who provides through nature
As the Tanzania team are preparing to go and being one of them I have been challenged in regards to how we will pay for it! When I say pay for it I mean financially and not figuratively, although we could do that too – observe us when we come…