Foreign soil has a way of shaking up our personal kaleidoscopes, I was once told by a wise old traveller. Walking can be a moving meditation, as is T'ai Chi, & is a way of accessing great personal truths which come bubbling up to the surface, borne by endorphins. I suspect that now you're back in England, this may change ...
Hi Simon Welcome to the UK! Thanks for keeping us all posted. Will be intererested to hear if the walking and / or the expereince feels different in England.....other than indigestion of course from all those cooked brekfasts. keep walking. keep blogging. Love Paula
I'm a 46 year old husband, father of two and vicar in the parish of Oadby, Leicestershire. Between Easter and Pentecost in 2009 I walked home from Paris to Oadby - a peculiar kind of pilgrimage.
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Walking Home 2009
The route was 540 miles, from Paris where Jennifer and I honeymooned in 1986, to Oadby where I live and work today. It's a bit wiggly because friends, family, significant places and affordable accomodation don't fall on a straight line. Click here for a larger view.
Foreign soil has a way of shaking up our personal kaleidoscopes, I was once told by a wise old traveller.
ReplyDeleteWalking can be a moving meditation, as is T'ai Chi, & is a way of accessing great personal truths which come bubbling up to the surface, borne by endorphins.
I suspect that now you're back in England, this may change ...
Hi Simon
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the UK!
Thanks for keeping us all posted.
Will be intererested to hear if the walking and / or the expereince feels different in England.....other than indigestion of course from all those cooked brekfasts.
keep walking. keep blogging.
Love
Paula