All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
Friedrich Nietzesche
Archive for the 'Out & About' Category
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 2nd 2020
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Walk in the Park
A couple of days ago a local lady member of the #walk1000miles challenge led a fascinating history walk around Telford Town Park and beyond, not to mention the secret watery delights hidden just out of sight.
I enjoyed meeting my fellow Badgers (participants of the #walk1000miles challenge) and it was an added bonus to have a [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2020
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
Thich Nhat Hahn
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2020
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About, Science & Nature
A Tale of Two Herons
I walked a different route to one of my local pools and once there I noticed that the Heron was sitting on one of his usual perches, surveying the pool. Every now and then he would fly over the ducks and geese, chasing them away before landing on the edge of the pool. Back and [...]
23 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2020
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Walk 1000 Miles 2019
On 4th December, I completed my 1000 miles for 2019. I decided then that I would try to complete my personal pledge to walk 1000 miles in 365 days starting from 1st March which was when I first encountered #walk1000miles. I have today completed that pledge and have walked 1000 miles from the 1st March – [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 31st 2019
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Demolition…
… of the cooling towers
On Friday I climbed the Wrekin Hill, as did many other local people. The Wrekin was a good vantage point to watch the controlled demolition of the iconic cooling towers that have been prominent in the Ironbridge Gorge since the 1960s.
I am sad to see them go, they were part of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2019
