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I'm sorry to report that my grand tour - see my last post Northwards Ho! - ended yesterday with a bump. On the last leg of my journey,...

On Monday morning, I am setting off by bicycle from the Shropshire farm where my great-great-grandfather lived on a journey North. He made ...

Last June, Professor John Beddington spoke at the Cheltenham Science Festival - fairly soon after taking up his appointment as the Governmen...

Gloucester Cathedral hosts a Future Energy exhibition this week. I've been stewarding there today, on behalf of Christian Ecology Link...

Leo and Mini were married yesterday! Here they are Skyping Mini's parents in Osaka, Mini showing off her ring. She wore lilies of the ...

Having marked my 60th birthday year by walking the Milford Track on New Zealand's South Island, I thought it was appropriate to mark my ...

As I said , I am just off to walk some more of the Compostela Way: this calvary stands by the Cathedral in Eauze, where we ended our pilgrim...

In September 2006, Caroline and I set out from Figeac , North of Toulouse, on the Chemin du Puy, one of the pilgrimage routes to Compostela....

Do you know about the Kenyan Stations of the Cross? They contain an additional 15th Station, Jesus rises from the dead . Simple, and expre...

Walking around the Slad Valley this afternoon, the company agreed that you could smell the money. It's a far cry from the Slad of ninet...

If you google "photobooks", you come up with approaching five million results! A bewildering choice exists, and I have not made a...

What a great Spring day this has been! We ate lunch outside with our friends Colin and Jessica Russell after a gentle stroll up the dry val...

This stained glass portrayal of Chipping Campden church by Henry Payne is a detail in the magnificent East window he made for the church its...

My friend Patrick Brooke included my email address in his "public service duty" round robin yesterday, asking recipients to pass i...

Members of the Gloucestershire Churches Environmental Justice Network met today at Rodborough, for a visit to a remarkably energy-efficient ...

We have enjoyed our earth hour by candlelight! Conversation flourished. Non-computer-based jobs got done. The television didn't dist...

The forecast was good: I'd dug the garden; so I decided to tackle another section of the Gloucestershire Way today - from Coberley to No...

Taking on board the message of last night's film , I have - like Voltaire's Candide - today been cultivating my garden. What a gre...

Last weekend, Caroline and I went to Malvern, to see Waiting for Godot , a marvellous production with a set to echo some of the scenes descr...

As previewed 10 days ago , Frank Regan visited Cheltenham yesterday to lead a Day of reflection under the auspices of Cheltenham Christian E...

Our local paper is always ready to print letters complaining about lawless, reckless and/or thoughtless cyclists. Speaking as one who has i...

Today, we have been exploring North Wiltshire, so near (from home), and yet so far. Caroline had never been to the Swindon Museum & Art...

Nearly an ideal day today for a long walk! Not too hot, pretty dry underfoot, and nobody about on the Gloucestershire Way between Stow and...

Caroline and I have been up to the Summerfield Gallery this afternoon (at the University of Gloucestershire's Pittville Campus), to see...

On Saturday week, I have persuaded Frank Regan to come up to Gloucestershire, to lead a Day of relection. Frank was born and raised in the ...