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Tag Archives: Gasterntal
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see also: Deviations, Boundaries, Prohibitions, (revised) tracks, ribbons, edges and boundaries….. the dog tries to make sense of it all underground the worms and moles have their routes and channels In the mountain forest the path of the big ants … Continue reading
Moving on in the Gasterntal
Just above Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland which is easily reached by train, the river Kander comes out of a gorge. The first indication I had that anything untoward had happened was a sign warning that the path had been … Continue reading
Deviations, Boundaries, Prohibitions, (revised)
In the end I went back a long way, realising how much my walks and walking have been influenced by prohibitions. My mother used to tell the story of how when I was three, I took my little sister Judy … Continue reading
Posted in mountains, flowers, landscapes, my life, walks
Tagged boundaries and prohibitions, Gasterntal, Giant's Causeway, greece, Peniarth Uchaf
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Cypripedium calceolus
I spent a few days in the Gasterntal in Switzerland at the end of June, (in 2012). There in the woods grows the only north European orchid with the extravagant beauty of many tropical orchids. That it is to be … Continue reading
Posted in language, mountains, flowers, landscapes, walks
Tagged Gasterntal, ladies' slipper, sacred
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like a little black book 