{"id":233,"date":"2019-04-26T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/?p=233"},"modified":"2019-04-26T19:33:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T19:33:16","slug":"cheerful-rain-walker-eager-scone-eater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/2019\/04\/26\/cheerful-rain-walker-eager-scone-eater\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheerful rain-walker, Eager scone-eater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to so many who write encouragement to me each day. Whether it&#8217;s a simple &#8216;Woot!&#8217; or a longer more complex interaction, I&#8217;m grateful. This post is dedicated to Anne who reminded me about Kennings, those compelling ancient word pairs with Scandinavian origins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6017-639882474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6017-639882474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232 alignnone size-full\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6017-639882474.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6017-639882474-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6017-639882474-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6017-639882474-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6017-639882474-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nToday was the second day to be a Cheerful rain-walker. But the rain was not as heavy as the first wet day. I was walking along the old Strawberry Line which was reasonably sheltered. There were a few primroses near the beginning of the walk but they were on their last days, until next Spring, I hope. The track through the old cutting was like a green corridor. Both bird and bat boxes were common to attract the right kind of residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5984.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-229 alignnone size-full\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5984.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5984-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5984-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5984-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_5984-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBob bought along a snack for 11s and we ate in the rain. The walk down the old line finished at Yatton station which is still on the national rail network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6009-2054034583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6009-2054034583.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230 alignnone size-full\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6009-2054034583.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6009-2054034583-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6009-2054034583-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6009-2054034583-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_6009-2054034583-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt was a walk of two halves with the next part on a road that was wet and somewhat busy. Somewhat wet, but not soaked, we arrived at the end point for the day which was the Clevedon Craft Centre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_60291651390807.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_60291651390807.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2204\" height=\"3920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_60291651390807.jpg 2204w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_60291651390807-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_60291651390807-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_60291651390807-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/dsc_60291651390807-1200x2134.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;This compact group of old buildings included a small but welcoming tea shop: Dot teas. It was time to embody my second Kennings for today and become my alter ego: Eager scone-eater.<\/p>\n<p><i>You set a table before me,<br \/>\nAnd I feast eagerly:<br \/>\nI give thanks for the walk,<br \/>\nThe weather and the company,<br \/>\nIn every dimension. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>JAL 26.04.2019<br \/>\nDay 25 of the End to End from Winscombe to Clevedon craft centre via the Strawberry Line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to so many who write encouragement to me each day. Whether it&#8217;s a simple &#8216;Woot!&#8217; or a longer more complex interaction, I&#8217;m grateful. This post is dedicated to Anne who reminded me about Kennings, those compelling ancient word pairs with Scandinavian origins. Today was the second day to be a Cheerful rain-walker. But the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/2019\/04\/26\/cheerful-rain-walker-eager-scone-eater\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cheerful rain-walker, Eager scone-eater&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","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=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/lejogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}