{"id":612,"date":"2022-04-27T19:08:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/?p=612"},"modified":"2022-04-27T19:10:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:10:18","slug":"progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2022\/04\/27\/progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear 6 of the #GrandWalkOut and we seem to be getting the hang of it. I walked from Bridge 83 to Bridge 74 on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Bob started at bridge 74 and walked to Bridge 50 which is Fradley Junction. I then drove there to meet him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Celendines <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another lovely day and Trent and Mersey Canal is a long one. There are many fascinating signs of progress along the way from the salt spa to the farm shop. I keep counting bridges and look out for interesting flora and fauna. This will be our last Trent and Mersey day this trip as we turn onto the Coventry Canal next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milepost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I walk I think about the Rule of St Benedict, still followed by many around the world today. I wonder what Benedict and Scholastica, his sister, would think of as progress?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it progress for monastic communitites to get bigger and bigger or for billionaires who support hate speech to buy social media platforms? These days most of the monastic communitites I visit are not all that big and support themselves through small sustainable enterprises. I thought of a name for a social media platform called Natter, but maybe someone else already started that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Local industry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I ate ice cream made by local suppliers and chatted to a canal user about walking long distances, how it grounds you (his words) and helps you to get things back into perspective. I certainly find it helps, this strange mix of pilgrimage and tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I wander onto the next place I admire the activity going on around me and pray we may co-operate to ensure the planet remains sustainable for generation after generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From my remembered bible: Let your servant go on in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebalance me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a Friend of Scholastica and a Member of the Lay Community of St Benedict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janet Lees, Day 6, Fradley Junction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear 6 of the #GrandWalkOut and we seem to be getting the hang of it. I walked from Bridge 83 to Bridge 74 on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Bob started at bridge 74 and walked to Bridge 50 which is Fradley Junction. I then drove there to meet him. Another lovely day and Trent … Continue reading “Progress”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}