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A Panoramic Stitch-Up

By: Caro Woods August 11, 2013

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Recently, I have been feeling the need to make some panoramic shots of my walks and have been waiting for the time when I can upgrade my iphone for the new one which does super-duper panoramic panning shots. Well, who am I kidding? That’s just not going to happen! So I decided to see what…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fore(shore)shadows

By: Caro Woods August 3, 2013August 4, 2013

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To foreshadow is to portend or indicate a future event. I am always looking for signs in the landscape that might be messages for me, so I have chosen to focus on some foreshore images for this weeks’ photo challenge. These shadows are based on the rhythms of time. The foreshore is the part of…

The Adventure Starts Here: Establishing Some Ground Rules

By: Caro Woods July 20, 2013September 29, 2013

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With temperatures nudging 30c and hot enough to melt tarmac, it is high time I set off on my first ‘Pilgrim’ walk. For my research, I have decided to focus my attention on the St. Michael’s Way – a 12 mile coast to coast route in West Penwith from St Uny Church in Lelant in…

Travel Theme: Flow

By: Caro Woods June 18, 2013

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‘People step into the same rivers and different waters flow onto them’ Heraclitus (c.500 BC) Do you find that sometimes you go out for a walk and arrive home again surprised that you are back where you started so quickly? This kind of walking ‘in the flow’ is a state of being where you become…

Side-Tracked

By: Caro Woods June 14, 2013June 14, 2013

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Have you ever stopped to think how many of our most used ‘sayings’ come from the activity of walking? Phrases such as: off the beaten track; wrong-footed; beat a path; leave a footprint; on the right track, etc,. How many more can you think of? I wonder if this is the same in all languages? …

Mindfulness in Sky Space

By: Caro Woods May 22, 2013May 26, 2013

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It is indeed strange and a source of wonder how life can often take sudden twists and turns. When I began this particular venture I didn’t realise it would reveal to me the rainbow of Chakra colours in all their magnificence (only the orange being noticeable by its absence!). The full extent of this…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape: A Circular Walk from Kestle Barton via Frenchman’s Creek

This week, I decided to take up WordPress’ weekly ‘photo challenge’ with the special subject, ‘escape‘ – and see if anyone notices! My escape is walking: it costs nothing (except travel costs, perhaps), the exercise is great for clearing the cobwebs, its ideal space for ‘dreaming’, and the dogs are especially grateful. An ocular feast…

Playing with Space: A Cast of Shadows

By: Caro Woods April 8, 2013April 26, 2013

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Out for a frolic with the dogs on the beach late last week. Although it was still bitterly cold the sun was bright enough to cast lovely shadow shapes on the sand. Poppy, the poor deaf-(dumb)-and-blind spaniel – although spritely for all of her 15 years – needs to be ‘guided’ on the lead, but…