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A longer walk
Next day I walked back down through the forest to the valley. Before I left the big party of young Italians from an alpine club set out. Deterred from the long high walk they had planned by the weather, they had … Continue reading
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a short walk in the Velo Polje
I was thinking about different ways of seeing Cornwall (see ‘at Lamledra’), and then a strange place in Slovenia (see ‘at Vodnikov Dom’). If you don’t like plants, look away now. The time is early July. In fact it was … Continue reading
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Vodnikov Dom again
I got stuck. I got lost. I was trying to write about, or move towards writing about, certain perfect spots, mostly in the mountains, and trying not to use words like perfect, or magical, or secret, or timeless, or sacred … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden of Eden, Jacob's ladder, slovenia, vodnikov dom
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