it’s a bit of a worry…
Your London correspondent has finally lost it, big style (if, that is, she ever had it to begin with).
Her alarm(s) will be going off at 5:00am tomorrow (yes, apparently there are two of those in a day, not just one, who knew?) so she can go to Richmond park and take photos of the deer (nearly typed “shoot the deer,” there, but that could be misconstrued, and I get enough horrid comments due to my deep and abiding dislike of the BNP).
This is not the behaviour of a rational woman.
Also, am going to an art installation in the Kingsway Tram Tunnel.
St Therese of Liseux’s relics arrive in London on Monday, so I will be popping down to the Cathedral to say “hi” at some point.
And then I have a week off (a whole week!) so I shall be going back to Abbotsbury to see if the cute cygnets from Abbotsbury are now stroppy teenagers, with added walk up St Catherine’s Hill to St Catherine’s Chapel. St Catherine, I love you dearly, but why are all your chapels on the top of hills?
October 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Hello Rosamundi
I am very fond of you, too and it’s always nice to see you making an effort to come and visit my chapels. It is true that many are at the top of hills. The locations are so very bracing, the wind blows all those worldly cobwebs away and gives you space to think, I always find. The views can be pretty rewarding, although I grant you, mist and fog is less uplifting than a good, clear view of Creation. Have you tried the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson, Arizona? The highest point is just over 9,000 feet, so bring a picnic.
My monastery in Egypt might be more to your liking as it is at the foot of Mount Sinai. Lots of people come for a look round, before or after making the ascent. It’s only a couple of hours fairly easy walking up the camel path to the top of the Mount… the steps of penitence are a bit harder on the knees (not that I’m suggesting you should ascend/descend on your knees… it’s just that the steps are not very regular and so your knees take a bit of a jolt). The mountain named for me is just next to Sinai and just that little bit higher too… but for some reason most people want to climb Sinai. That’s fine by me. Each to his own mountain is what I say.
Looking forward to the report on the cygnets. Afraid they’ve inexplicably dropped off my radar of late.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Sounds rather like somebody delicated to their art than somebody who has lost it. Ok, a bit eccentric but nothing more. Around here I think it would even pass as normal behaviour…in an odd way.
Enjoy your day.
October 9th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Oh go on, I’ll ask…. there are two 5am’s in a day?? I thought there was only the one; in the morning??
Though being on a Saturday I do think that you are crazy!! Have fun!!
October 9th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
You are indeed insane.
But then, what’s new?
The deer in Richmond Park are so enchanting as to be almost worth getting up at 5am for, but personally I’d rathr wait until a bit later in the day to go see them… especially as the cafe isn’t open that early!
If you happen to by at MY end of Richmond Park and fancy a coffee in the afternoon, I should be home from the neurologist after lunch (going to lunch with the friend who’s accompanying me to the hospital) and am not at work due to a certain fuzziness and current inability to drive. Though I guess if you’ve been there since sun-up, you’ll want to be heading back before lunchtime.