{"id":1202,"date":"2020-07-18T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T09:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2020-07-18T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T09:59:16","slug":"common-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/2020\/07\/18\/common-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 94 of the End to End in 2019 continued along the Great Glen Way beside Loch Lochy. The first thing it had in common with today, one year later in 2020, was rain. We’ve had a bit of rain here for the last few days or so and it seems set in again today. Probably because England are playing cricket against the West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester, just down the road. However, it does give us a chance to relive our past cricketing glories: Bob’s out for a duck, my epic umpiring decisions. These are just some of the wickets of common ground we stand on.<\/p>\n

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PENTACON DIGITAL CAMERA (a cricket match in 2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before the walk, a visit to the commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. I always try to visit when I’m near here: a statue of three men standing on common ground. Lochaber was the training ground for the Commandos during WW2 and my route through the Great Glen would take me alongside many of those places, but at a much slower pace.<\/p>\n

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It was quite possibly also one of the coldest days of the walk, probably because I was wet through in quite a short time and didn’t dry out until I got to the car at Laggan Locks. I wasn’t alone, although there were fewer people walking than on the WHW. Rain makes things green so there was plenty to see and the path was not difficult. At Laggan Locks there was a welcome place for hot drinks, although the open sided design meant it was almost as windy and wet inside as out.<\/p>\n

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Nowadays, in 2020, I walk up and down the Longdendale Valley, overlapping my daily routes one after another, sometimes going round clockwise, sometimes anticlockwise. Bob saw a lot of young people setting off on the DofE expeditions this morning. Such encounters contribute to our common ground as does taking part in the Great Big Butterfly Count this month (photo below is wood vetch, I think).<\/p>\n

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There are sweet peas in my garden, just as there were at Laggan Locks a year ago. The drips of rain may be different but this is definitely common ground.<\/p>\n

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From the remembered gospel: And the rain came down.<\/em><\/p>\n

Steadily falls the rain, at least it does here.
\nWe think of the people of China currently struggling against rising flood waters;
\nWe think of the people of Palestine, currently struggling for just water rights;
\nWhere wells are empty, may they be filled,
\nWhere rivers are full, may they return to safe levels.
\nRemind us of the common ground on which we stand,
\nas we pray in solidarity with those who pray today.
\nMay God’s mercy and love flow between us all.<\/p>\n

JAL: 18.07.2020 in Longdendale.<\/p>\n

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