Slow to walking pace and you see amazing sights at the side of the road. Take this Orange tree for example.
Spotted just south of Almondsbury, it's a bit bare and stumpy. It's dark plastic bark is textured just like wood but it's only likely to produce texts and calls, no fruit.
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.
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