R's rue

 Nu and I had a table to ourselves in a coach that looked as though it had been plucked directly from the set of Murder On The Orient Express It was quite lovely The train left Chester just after 9 am and we were tucking into a glorious brunch soon after we skirted Oswestry and followed the Welsh border south towards Cardiff.  The staff couldn’t do enough for us. A friendly middle aged lady sat opposite us with her elderly parents. They were from Whitstable and it was the parents anniversary . She quipped that she knew that Nu and I were not married and were friends  “ you never stop talking to each other” she said It was true , we have talked for twelve hours straight. The train went through Hereford and entered Cardiff around one and we walked up to Cardiff Castle where our guide showed us through the Victorian house, through rooms King Charles held private meetings in only last week. The quadrangle at Cardiff Castle The beautiful roof garden on...

We made it to Piel Island! Last night I did a bit of googling and discovered that around a low tide, it is possible to walk across to the island  over the extensive sands revealed daily between Walney Island and Piel. It is a distance of a mile and a half. A search of  online tide tables told me that today's high tide would be at 9.30am and the low tide would be at 3.30pm. I figured that if we set off from Snab Point on low-lying Walney at 12.30pm we would be okay. Clint mumbled, "Bloody fools!" as we laced up our boots feeling some trepidation. After all, it's not every day that you walk across tidal sands where several unfortunates were apparently  drowned in past decades. Naturally, I did not share that particular tidbit of information with Mrs Pudding before we left. There was Piel on the horizon like an old man snoring on his back. Mostly the sand was hard and flat but in some places it became softer or undulated and there were seawater puddles and  shal...

 I’m finally  Confronting What I’ve put off For decades To know Normal Is not your destiny But extraordinary  Is available When you simply Face fears That haunt  Your dreams In some way Every night from R's rue https://ift.tt/qOVyWQJ