It’s seems that cloud cover can come in various levels and provide
Category: rural life
Solstice
A tiny little sliver of horizon
Sliced out under heavy clouds
The longest day
Round 1 Done
There were a couple of heavy punches thrown and it looked like the towel was going to be dropped. Last minute burst of energy as the bell was about to ring and round 1 is
Find Cover
Life is going to hand you weeds
Take them and make peace
Life can hand out even worse
Stalk yourself against tall winds
Find cover and find peace
Bernie
Yeah I know that tall one is a weed. But it’s the right height and it’s easy to pull and it’s filling a blank space. Might just stay there a while. Making peace with my weeds and my head space.
Oh Mylanta
It always seems like a good idea at the time. That actually might be the issue — the time.
Tired Boots
With an early morning to
Walking to The Shoe
It was all laid out perfectly and all details synced except, in the end, for The Shoe.
Stepped Right Up
I 100% had on the right boots today! We took the tiny ferry to Jura with two purposes in mind. No surprise that a stop at the
Ancient Steps
Today, besides like 5000 miles (an exaggeration of course but it felt like it) in a car, we also took a few steps alongside the ancient
Hadrian’s wall.
The sheer size (117 km) and location (middle of nowhere really) of it make it quite a logistical accomplishment. It makes our rock walls look little but they had a legion of 80 men per section. This thing, in places, has stood the test of time since being completed in 128! That’s a legacy all right.
We had been to the wall in 1998 on our first trip with our children. I can remember them climbing up it and walking along it for quite a ways. We had also stopped at a old Roman fort site.
It was on our list to make a stop and so I picked a random spot off the map to have lunch and hike along it for a ways.
Our lunch spot was actually the old quarry site so it was a good hike to the top of the escarpment.
The vista at the top was worth it. Along the way we saw a couple of cool things.
I now want one of those stile gates as they are so easy but I digress. Off to the top for the vista.
It wasn’t a long stop and not a wordy blog post but it was the highlight of our long travel day.
Bernie
Free Range Time
He slept the morning away, recovering from an excess of his sort of company the day before.
He went
