October 2009
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“Saint James has been waiting for you for 2000 years, he won’t mind a few...”
– http://whatcolourisyourhairshirt.blogspot.com
(Some wisdom for las peregrinas. Only 13 days til we start the camino. Again.)
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Actually why don't you read ...
(a series of suggestions of ways to avoid plumping up Dan Brown’s bank account)
A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
Alain de Botton
Yes, the vaguely sexy philosopher with the vaguely sexy name is back after a stint as the first ever Writer-in-Residence at - you guessed it - Heathrow; in particular, its rather swanky new Terminal 5. He is set up at a desk smack-bang in the middle...
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After climbing training.
Thank God for Body Shop’s Hemp Hand Protector. Oh, and how much do I love the macro setting on my new camera? On a scale of 1 to 10?
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Influences: 4. Cadair Idris
Yes, a mountain.
It is said that anyone who spends the night alone on old Cadair Idris will wake up either mad or a poet. I did just that the summer I spent in Wales, hiking up the Pony Path with a borrowed tent and sleeping bag and camping up on the long ridge. The wind that cut up the flank of the mountain was so strong I had to line the tent with stones. And though the jury may be out on...
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