Day 19 of the #GrandWalkOut was the day we said goodbye to our comfy glamp at Bragenham. Not just a Heron’s Retreat, it suited us very well. Last night we heard the local muntjac deer barking. Bob enjoyed waiting for the Caledonian Sleeper service to pass by.
We drove to King’s Langley and parked by bridge 159. I started walking back to 157 while Bob went back to Hemel Hempstead on the train and started from bridge 149 to bridge the gap to 157.
Meanwhile I went to the laundrette in King’s Langley High Street. Waiting is associated with launderettes. In my childhood it was a weekly ritual. Nowadays we only use them on epic walks of this kind. Bob came along just as I completed the wash, dry and fold up, to carry the clean things back to Bridge 159.
We stopped at a local farm shop on the way. There were a great number of Red Kites in the area, surfing the wind, soaring and banking and just hanging in the air.
After lunch in a nearby park we drove back to Bourne End to our next accommodation. We spent a restful part of the afternoon have a cool drink at a pub waiting to check in. Later we walked back to the same pub for an excellent Friday evening meal. Fish and chips for me of course.
We are now a week away from our end point in London. Walking and waiting go well together in my experience.
From my remembered bible: The waiting ones will be lifted up on eagles wings.
Wait with me.
From a Friend of Scholastica and a Member of the Lay Community of St Benedict.
Janet Lees, Kings Langley, 13.05.2022.