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<\/p>\nDay 40 of the End to End in 2019 was the day I left the Severn Way and took the Ironbridge Way. One day I hope to go back and complete the Severn Way into Wales but not this year. The Ironbridge Way was an 8 mile path linking up bits in the Ironbridge area via footpaths and old railway lines and some very steep stairs. It was ideal for me as it was mostly off road and each short section usually included something slightly whimsical. The local heritage railway was closed but we were given permission to eat our picnic at the wooden table.<\/p>\n
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Ironbridge marks a place where a different way started or at least certainly became a discernible path: one of the cradles of the industrial revolution in Britain. Now in 2020 we are once again at a junction. Having followed through on industrialisation and post industrialisation we’re now onto the possibility of a way beyond that, perhaps post post industrialisation?<\/p>\n
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Being able to move people and stuff around the world quickly seemed a good idea. We would have to live with some draw backs like the undesirable movements of crime for example, slavery in different ages, human trafficking other forms of exploitation, or would we? Global warming began to build and our cumulative effects on the planet began to get hotter and hotter. There are deniers of all of these things and that will be the hardest thing to counter in post post post industrialism.<\/p>\n
Will we be able to discern a different way, disentangle the negatives effects from the positive choices, limit our damaging activities and cool things down? What could our post post post post industrial world look like?<\/p>\n
By Day 40 of LEJOG I’d walked what I thought was a third of the days of the total walk (provisionally estimated at 120 days). I’d got used to the Severn Way with its clear signs and gentle contours, its green meadows and paths. Although I knew some of the route ahead from previous walks much of it would be new. The Ironbridge Way was one of the new bits, helping me to bridge a gap to the canal system that would eventually take me into the North of England.<\/p>\n
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In 2020 I am also bridging gaps, tentatively stepping out, interrogating the prospects. There are those that say the world will be changed by Corona Virus but what sort of change will that be?<\/p>\n
From the remembered gospel Timeless One, we cling to the familiar: JAL 15.05.2020 in Longdendale. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day 40 of the End to End in 2019 was the day I left the Severn Way and took the Ironbridge Way. One day I hope to go back and complete the Severn Way into Wales but not this year. The Ironbridge Way was an 8 mile path linking up bits in the Ironbridge area … Continue reading “A different way”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-remembered-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJesus said to them ‘I will always be with you, to the end of time and beyond.’<\/em><\/p>\n
\neven when we disagree with some of the consequences,
\nwe hoard the bits we find comforting and acceptable.
\nKindom living is a real challenge and we need you with us
\nin body, mind and spirit:
\nmay we contribute to the challenge to build communities
\nof justice and peace, mercy and love,
\non earth as in heaven.<\/p>\n
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