{"id":1116,"date":"2020-06-22T10:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T10:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T10:34:39","slug":"labyrinth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/2020\/06\/22\/labyrinth\/","title":{"rendered":"Labyrinth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 69 of the End to End in 2019 started again at Greenbogue farm, east of Dumfries. We’d had a day off yesterday for a side trip to Whithorn, a place linked with St Ninian and the rise of Christianity in Northern Britain. It’s a fascinating place and includes some lovely examples of stone crosses.<\/p>\n

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Today was a quiet walking day, except for a mass of hungry caterpillars by the road side. The Hungry Caterpillar is still my favourite book.<\/p>\n

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Our lunch break was at the Red Chapel at Dalswinton. This church in kit form was erected for the estate workers and still makes a joyful splash in the forest. It was one of several small ‘tin chapels’ (as they were called) that we saw on LEJOG. Most were green, but this one was red.<\/p>\n

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Nearby was the Dalswinton Journey Garden, an installation well worth a visit and very restful. It includes a stone labyrinth you can ‘walk’ with your fingers. I’ve made many labyrinths: from scarves in the school chapel, from sand and pebbles on the beach at Lindisfarne, and I’ve visited quite a few both indoors and out. This quote on the stone at Dalswinton is still worth thinking about in 2020:<\/p>\n

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Look where you have been,<\/i>
\nView where you are at,<\/i>
\nSeek where you want to be<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Today I started up Bambi, the Mobile Chapel of St Scholastica, again after several weeks. I’m really hoping for a trip somewhere in the next couple of months. I’m sure I’m not the only one. Keeping safe and moving about maybe quite a challenge.<\/p>\n

The labyrinth is both inward leading and outward seeking, as you walk first in one direction and then another. It’s a good thought for a balanced life: inward leading, outward seeking.<\/p>\n

From the remembered bible: May I walk in God’s ways<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Like the caterpillars on their journey of transformation,
\nmay we too be changed:
\nseeking you, speaking of you,
\nwalking with you, talking with you,
\nfilled with you, stilled by you.
\nMay we keep balanced and tread gently on the earth.<\/p>\n

JAL: 22.06.2020 in Longdendale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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