Kalamunda to Mundaring Weir Walk March 22 2007
This walk was on the Bibbulmun Track. The idea for the walk was started in the Kalamunda Physiotherapy pool by Alden. At that time, I walked with crutches, and I did that very slowly. Gradually over a period of 9 months i rehabilitated my right knee and began to dance again and then walk the bush tracks around Kalamunda.
So March 22 2007 will always be a special day. As I walked across the Mundaring Weir walkway, my 'iriver' (an Amy gift) played through my earphones (a Miss jennifer gift) "You'll never walk alone" and the "Walk of Life". They were such a wonderful and emotional summary of the past 9 months. I might have had to do the hard rehab work myself. However, I had family, friends, colleagues and an array of Health care professionals helping me recover and walk again.
At the end of the walk I had a cold beer, and then another with my Miss Jennifer who came to pick me up and take me home.
Persistence and the capacity to Press On is so important.
Graham
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
tropical view
this view is from the top of the Cairns casino. I found Cairns a stunning place with images demanding to be taken. I loved the waterway with hills behind with their different shades of green.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Gwenap Pit 2
Gwenap Pit - some information.
A depression caused by mining subsidence was subsequently used as an open air preaching pit. It dates from the mid-eighteenth century. It is located in what was the greatest copper mining district of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and one of the most densely populated areas at the time.
Located just to the south of Redruth on the eastern slopes of Carn Marth, its fame is due largely to the preachings of John Wesley, who used the pit on 18 occasions from 1776-89. He greatly exaggerated its size (he put it at 200x300ft and 50ft deep) and it is possible that the same applies to his estimate that his largest audience was 32,000. In his memory the local people excavated the pit in 1806 into a regular oval 37m across and 8m deep. They added 13 rows of turf seats. A Whit-Monday service has been held there since 1807, and it has been used for other purposes, eg. Chartists met in 1839, and there was a theatre performance in 1951.
Other web pages with information
http://ramblingsfromredrose.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/monday-methodism-gwennap-pit/
http://www.methodistrecorder.co.uk/cornwall.htm
A depression caused by mining subsidence was subsequently used as an open air preaching pit. It dates from the mid-eighteenth century. It is located in what was the greatest copper mining district of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and one of the most densely populated areas at the time.
Located just to the south of Redruth on the eastern slopes of Carn Marth, its fame is due largely to the preachings of John Wesley, who used the pit on 18 occasions from 1776-89. He greatly exaggerated its size (he put it at 200x300ft and 50ft deep) and it is possible that the same applies to his estimate that his largest audience was 32,000. In his memory the local people excavated the pit in 1806 into a regular oval 37m across and 8m deep. They added 13 rows of turf seats. A Whit-Monday service has been held there since 1807, and it has been used for other purposes, eg. Chartists met in 1839, and there was a theatre performance in 1951.
Other web pages with information
http://ramblingsfromredrose.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/monday-methodism-gwennap-pit/
http://www.methodistrecorder.co.uk/cornwall.htm
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Lake Louise - a coffee break
Inside it is warm.
A man and a woman share coffee and a glass of wine.
Outside is a magical ice lake.
A path invites them out of the warmth and away from their wine and coffee.
Will they take up the option? Will they just walk the short path to the Lake's edge or will they venture all the way around the lake of ice?
This photos invites your speculation, reflection and imagination.
A man and a woman share coffee and a glass of wine.
Outside is a magical ice lake.
A path invites them out of the warmth and away from their wine and coffee.
Will they take up the option? Will they just walk the short path to the Lake's edge or will they venture all the way around the lake of ice?
This photos invites your speculation, reflection and imagination.
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