Yesterday went out for a saunter with the family bar one member who needed extra sleep. Depending on who’s view you read it was Britain’s shortest day. Newlands Corner on the edge of the North Downs was the destination. Ever since the kids were little we use to go there…
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…
Short lockdown walk February 15th
7th May 2015
Today has been a day of pleasant nature surprises. It has been one where mostly nature has come to me. This morning I heard that recognisable screaming of swifts above my head and counted around 15. Great to see them back again. In the same garden there were some very…
Thoughts from a walk and from a Hebrew scholar
In preparing for Forest Church I walked the route as a recce yesterday morning. Going into the ‘foresty’ bit with tall firs reaching to the sky with the sun glinting on the tops of the trees caused me to lift my head up in wonder and see their skeletal shapes…