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The button weighs less. Lovely photos, and yes, all thanks to Sabine for the thread. And everyone for the sharing of the photos and words, of course. Thanks for sharing yours.
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The button weighs less. Lovely photos, and yes, all thanks to Sabine for the thread. And everyone for the sharing of the photos and words, of course. Thanks for sharing yours.This is a lovely thread, interesting too see the variety of walks in preparation for the main event. At the beginning of the year I spent a month walking in Brazil, Camino da Fe. On my return had no intention of walking anywhere else this year until last month received the call to return so thought better repair trusty merrells, replace hiking socks, purchase new 'ice-breaker' jersey and took a little wander over the Wicklow hills, 32 of us spent the weekend walking 26km on St Kevin's way, a magical place and my purpose was too find a stone to take in my Francè but instead a button found me
Indeed it does, normally but interestingly I found a stone around the same time as the button found me which weighs less than the button. Both appear to be similarly proportioned. Some time before discovering these I had been talking to a fellow walker about all things Camino. He has completed 6 walks and has never received a sign. I explained that before my first camino I was constantly receiving small white fluffy feathers, then one day a button appeared with my name on it which I have left on the Camino. Whilst we walked and talked it was noticeable that small white fluffy feathers were present on the ground so we collected one each. There was a good energy between us and I asked if he'd accompany me to the Lough to locate my stone of intention. On the way he was surprised that a small black button appeared on the boardwalk and I picked it up and offered it too him. He declined and said he's a little amazed and conceded that it was meant for me. Let the universal games begin, can't wait to see what's in store on the MesetaThe button weighs less
I" ll stick to that bridge. I like them literally and metaphorically.There are a few Horseshoes in the Lake District!!
The Kentmere horseshoe...The Coledale...The Newlands...The Deepdale...and the Fairfield horseshoe...
A sunny morning saw us starting off over the little bridge just beyond Ambleside to walk the Fairfield one
A lot of mist on the top but it's cleared before when we went up there ....so we were hopeful again this time.
We only met one other walker on the way
Sure enough, as we had our picnic in the shelter, the mist cleared and a wonderful view unfolded
Down we came but on this section there seemed to be more ups than downs!!
Then the last bit, although with steps, was particularly steep.
Too much of this and we'll need knee replacements!
Last bit was through Rydal mount grounds where the poet William Wordsworth lived from 1813 until his death
His descendants still live there
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There aren't enough like buttons for this.My daughter and I along with 100,000 of our new best friends walked in Melbourne Australia for climate change.
Sabine,Yesterday' s walk.
Sabine,
Looks just like our countryside here ......are you sure you haven't been walking in the UK??!!
Fantastic photos...Left the house this morning at 9.30 in drizzly rain. got home around 4pm in bright sunshine. My feet are singing songs to me, as they have not been bunched up inside shoes for five weeks or more... walked along by a local canal and into the Botanic Gardens, then later through a delightful area right in the middle of town that I have always known of but never actually walked through it. My steps app says I walked 16.7km, with 22,505 steps. There is an annual exhibition in the Botanics, Sculpture in context. Some of the photos are of the entries, others are of nature’s best, and i know which I prefer...I did choose the beehive set as my favourite, because it was done by a group of young people, and highlights the urgency of keeping our bees alive and well...
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I totally agree, Annette. That spider web is amazing, but I especially love the way the spider himself is outlined in bright light!Fantastic photos...
The spiders web is amazing ...
A new profession surely awaits you!!
How near were you to that bear? Such a great photo. My sister lives in your neck of the woods so i always love to see how seasons change over there (she is a bit more north: point zero on Alaskan Highway). Super photos, thanks.Wonderful hike today up Grouse Mountain.
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"Exit, pursued by a bear."Wonderful hike today up Grouse Mountain.
Yes, but Kiwi fences are SO much better.this is the camino Scott and I made after our last trip to Spain together, it wanders around our farm sometimes as a roadway, someplaces a grass track.
Hah, that's what I was wondering too!How near were you to that bear? Such a great photo. My sister lives in your neck of the woods so i always love to see how seasons change over there (she is a bit more north: point zero on Alaskan Highway). Super photos, thanks.
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Yes , not the last time we went .We are going back. It's beautiful there.Ahhh, Erzgebirge, Saxonia. Nice!
About 20 feet away...but very safe - he was protected from us humansHow near were you to that bear? Such a great photo. My sister lives in your neck of the woods so i always love to see how seasons change over there (she is a bit more north: point zero on Alaskan Highway). Super photos, thanks.
don't tell me this was today!!!Mousehole near Penzance on the Cornish coast path!
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My thoughts exactly!don't tell me this was today!!!
Thank you! yes - he was a beauty! Gorgeous view in your photo - what a rock! Really hope your ankle is okay.Oh, a Pileated! Beautiful shot of him, @Theatregal !
Today, ahhhhh...a nice up and down Bushwalk near Tairua, with a friend who's as wild about the flora as I. Sadly, with only a phone for photos and no macro lens, the Sun Orchid and Ladyslipper pics did not turn out.
And I did a good job of twisting an ankle but it was worth it. The views? Just wonderful.
Is it Stanley Park in Vancouver? Wonderful place!A morning walk along the seawall and the trails of Stanley Park. A quiet calm wander other than the loudly hammering pileated woodpeckerHe was so busy it was hard to capture a clear photo of him. Such a beautiful bird and first time I've been so close to one.
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It is indeed! Yes, it's truly wonderful!Is it Stanley Park in Vancouver? Wonderful place! ❤
More or less. It's achy but not trashed. Ice is miraculous.Really hope your ankle is okay.
We were there a few weeks ago visiting my youngest daughter. You’re very lucky to live thereIt is indeed! Yes, it's truly wonderful!
Beautiful photo's , thank you for sharing.An amble through the hills in the Coromandel, with views of the sea, and past blooming manuka bushes buzzing with bees. And there were friendly cows...
Then in the afternoon, I enjoyed a bit of bush-bashing, following a stream track up to a labyrinth.
Thanks, Theatregal, for sharing such bounteous beauty! I just took the easy way out on Sunday, and cycled to a favourite spot. My photos are nowhere near as clear as yours, so will skip posting.A walk around beautiful Trout Lake and loving all the autumn colour.
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Such beautiful nature, thank you for sharing.A walk around beautiful Trout Lake and loving all the autumn colour.
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Some beautiful fall colour in your lovely photos Sabine!@Theatregal : good to see your gorgeous pictures. Restorative indeed. Thank you.
Unfortunately I did not walk enough to my liking but hopefully better next weeks.
Some short strolls recently.
Beautiful photo's Annette.Whilst this may not exactly be a local walk today..it was local I suppose to where we were staying at the time
There are some wonderful walks in Tenerife, the largest of the 7 Spanish Canary Islands
We got the bus from the coast up to the Teide national park..took about one and a half hours to the Parador at 2000 m.
Off we went up and up to the gap before our intended ridge walk at about 2400m
The scenery is wonderful if not strange at times to the eye....so different to our usual scenery though
A lot of the scenes from "Planet of the Apes" were filmed here in fact and all the while the magical Teide in our view.....at 3718m(12198ft)
We did walk up there About 6 years ago....staying in the refuge before climbing on a good path the next morning to see the sun rise
Teide is still an active volcano and the smell of sulphur was pretty overpowering at the time
So on we went through sparse vegetation and by then we were above the clouds ...magical!
Well it was until we got to a rocky outcrop and marked with a path sign..
No way could we get down from that outcrop
Tried 3 times but the drop was too steep.....
Hanging on the rocks precariously my first thought was......
"We're going to miss the bus" and we'll have to hitch!
Second thought..
"We're going to get killed or injured up here"
Reason prevailed however and we backtracked and down through the scrub until we found a path of sorts ...and on we went down and into the forest
2 paths.....we took the wrong one southwards and down which soon disappeared
Up again sliding on the pine needles ....
Saw a huge cairn and a sign......went south again and this time just as we rounded a corner a vision of green loveliness....the green bus!!!!!!
Waving like a woman possessed with the poles and arms I ran towards it
It flew past........and then stopped ...we ran like mad ...could have kissed the man!!
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Thank you Peter,Beautiful photo's Annette.
Burning (agricultural, domestic cooking and refuse disposal, and industrial), bad diesel, no environmental regulation...and and and...What is creating the "not-so-good air quality"?
All the smoke's gone in the direction of Sydney, it seems.
That looks gorgeous, @caminoagogo !
Burning (agricultural, domestic cooking and refuse disposal, and industrial), bad diesel, no environmental regulation...and and and...
Yeah, I wondered how it could be so clear.This was taken in late October @VNwalking . It'd look a bit different now unfortunately
Braveheart! And a reminder that we tread on the ghosts of those who were here before us. Thanks,Purky, for sharing this.I was in the province of Limburg last weekend, the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. One of the reasons I was there was that about a year ago I found out that the IT guy that visits my work every now and then to fix a problem is an outdoor fanatic. So we quickly found common ground to talk about our outdoor endeavours. About a month ago he approached me, slightly hush-hush, to invite me and a select few others to Maastricht for a special tour.
It turned out he was also very much at home underground, specifically in the marlstone caves and old mines in the area of Maastricht. The reason for his furtiveness was that much of his knowledge of the cave systems wasn't necessarily obtained legally. Apparently you can't just roam free in the old mines, but he never let that stop him. He told me that his record was just over a hundred hours underground, to give you an idea of his degree of immersion.
So we, a party of four, went underground last Sunday, just across the border between Holland and Belgium. I hadn't made a mistake in trusting our guides expertise: he pretty much knew all there was to know about the labyrinth of caves and mines. We spent about four to five hours below ground, and it was awesome. To quote Tom Waits:
"Below the mine shaft roads, it will all unfold
There's a world going on underground"
(For photo #6: 'Lambier the writer was here on 1468 the 19th day of august'. Kilroy was here, only five and a half centuries ago...)
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