Jun2006London
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 10:56:30 AMSubject: robertmitchellSPAMnewsletterJun-2/06
Monday,19th June,2006 - 10.23bst, in Marlborough library, computer 58, downstairs
The weather is a bit cloudy, blowing in from the SW. There has already been some rain this morning, but the forecast is cloud with sunny spells. Tomorrow, all being well, I go back to the Kennet & Avon canal and carry on eastwards towards Newbury.
Hello kind reader,
Sorry if I am slow in answering emails, as I have not spent much time on a computer.
Foolish Fibo 4, Su11Jun2006, Bradford-on-Avon
Small/Town/Budgen's/Full quaint shops/ Old bridge, Saxon church
Thriving wharf, big old empty mills
I was treated to a cuppa in Bradford. I was reading in a small park by the TIC, near the river, when I was asked to tea by Mark, at the Old Baptist Chapel, which goes back to the 1600's. Mark is, I believe, a lay preacher. Once there, I met Pat who is/was South African and has a Dutch grandmother. We talked about many things, Evolution and Creationism, and whether South Africa will do as well in the next 10 years as it has in the last 10 years.
I was walking along the tow path, when a tiny bird flew ahead of me and stopped in the middle of the path. A wren! I stopped too, and it stayed there for a couple of minutes - a tiny brown bird, with an upright tail. It reminded me of the farthings of 50 years ago. I have seen them flitting from bush to bush singing their song, but never clearly before. They are much easier heard than seen.
Marlborough is an old quiet market town. The High Street stretches from the old Anglo-Saxon (Saxon?) settlement, now called the Green, to the Norman castle in the West. The mound (motte?) is in the grounds of Marlborough College. William Golding - The Lord of the Flies, and Nobel Literature prize winner - lived at number 29, The Green. St Mary's and St Peter's churches, both old foundations, from the 1100's and 1400's, are at the East and West end of the High Street, though St Peter's is now redundant and museum/gallery/cafe.
Best wishes to all, Robert
PS I got caught in a thunderstorm a few days ago, but thanks to a water-proof hawthorn tree, I was alright.
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Th1 Kennet navigation
Foolish Fibo 2/06, the start of the walk
Small/Train/Reading/Kennet fast/Boat navigation
Stready slow walk, by the water
F2 Aldermaston
Sa3 Newbury SPAM
Su4Jun2006Newbury
M5 Kintbury, Hungerford
Tu6 Bruce
Hawful Haiku 1/06, Vivitar camera
Focus-free easy/ Kind Tony Hall lent for walk/ mugger-free fotos
W7 Pewsey
Foolish Fibo 3/06, Pefe(i)sigge
Small/Isle/Pewsey/King Alfred/ Bread, marge at Londis
Avon chalk stream, South to Christchurch
When:-W7Jun2006-06.45bst
Where:-Looking SW, "Please do not injure", N of Pewsey, Wiltshire, near Kennet&Avon canal. An old overgrown horse-trough
Weather:- early sun, alto-stratus,E 1m/s,15C
A man of kindness to his beast is kind,
A brutal action shows a brutal mind.
Remember. He who made thee made the brute.
Who gave thee speech and rreason, formed him mute.
He can't complain, but God's all seeing eye
Beholds thy cruelty and hears his cry.
He was designed thy servant, not thy drudge.
Remember his creator is thy judge.
Th8 Long Pound
F9 Devizes
Sa10 Woodland camp
Su11Jun2006Bradford-on-Avon
When:- Sa11Jun2006-06.00bst
Where:-Looking North, St Laurence Saxon church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Weather:-early sun,2/8 alto-stratus,cirro-stratus,cirrus, SW 1m/s,18C
Foolish Fibo 4/06, Bradford-on-Avon
Small/Town/Budgen's/Full quaint shops/Old bridge, Saxon church
Thriving wharf, big old empty mills
M12 Bath
Tu13 Bath
When:-Tu13Jun2006-10.10bst
Where:- Looking W, Brunel's brick arch skew railway bridge over the Avon navigation, in Bath
Weather:- sunny,5/8 alto-stratus,SW 1m/s,20C
W14 Bradford-on-Avon, Mark and Pat
Th15 K&A canal
When:-Th15Jun2006-05.00bst
Where:- Looking NE,sunrise across the fields of Wiltshire
Weather:-early sun,1/8 alto-stratus,SW 0m/s,15C
F16 Devizes
When:-F16Jun2006-08.45bst
Where:-Looking NW,yellow flag irises,burdock,reeds,nettles,meadow grass, hogweed,agrimony(?),goat willow,ivy,Kennet&Avon canal
Weather:-bright sun,0/8,con trails,cirrus,E 1m/s,22C
Sa17 Upavon
Su18Jun2006 Pewsey
M19 Marlborough
Tu20 rain, Savernake forest
When:-Tu20Jun2006-16.00bst
Where:-Looking SE,from the campsite, under the big beech tree, across to the yellow hillside,Kennet&Avon canal,with the red low light showing
Weather:-bright hazy sun,6/8 cumulus,altostratus,E 3m/s,20C
W21 rain, Hungerford
When:-W21Jun2006
Where:- Looking W, Lock 80, Kennet&Avon canal,W of Newbury,E of Kintbury
Weather:- bright sun,1/8,cumulus,SW 4m/s,15C
Th22 Newbury
F23 Aldermaston Wharf
Sa24 camp
When:-Sa24Jun2006-15.15bst
Where:-Looking E,low light,camp in woods,between Aldermaston wharf and Reading,Kennet&Avon canal
Weather:-bright sun,0/8 blue sky,SW 0m/s,22C
Su25Jun2006Reading
M26 Reading to London, Paddington
When:-Tu27Jun2006-07.30bst
Where:-Looking W,low light,between Paddington basin and Little Venice
Weather:-sunny,3/8 altostratus,ENE 1m/s,15C
posted by madelk at 5/02/2006 09:54:00 AM
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