I am back home! My friends of the village have given me a fantastic welcome. It was the culmination of a journey, in which I experienced so many signs of kindness and sympathy. Fiona and Gavin of Sea View Café in Borth-y-Gest treated me to Champagne and sandwiches, whi...
Today was the last but one day of travelling. I covered again a long distance. I am now in the village of Llangynog in Powys in the Welsh mountains. Unmistakably the baa baa of sheep is all around me. I would like to come back to a topic, which exercised me from the fi...
This afternoon I crossed the border from England to Wales. I had intended to take a photo of the welcoming to Wales sign, but it was so small and derelict that I did not find it worth the trouble. Now here is a short Geography lesson for my German readers: Never say Wa...
As I plodded along on my tractor, I became aware of the beauty of the landscape once again. Moving from Shropshire into the Welsh mountains was just magic. It felt like paradise. I have not seen the English and Welsh countryside so beautiful before. Maybe I had taken i...
Coventry was my final destination to visit. Coventry has the distinction ‘City of Peace and Reconciliation”. The city suffered severe destruction in two air raids on 14th November 1940. The cathedral was badly damaged.
Understandably there was much outrage. However, rat...
I attended a service in the cathedral. It was moving, and yet it seemed too simple. There were many symbols of reconciliation in the new cathedral, but they did not speak to me as profoundly as I had expected. Something was missing. Then I found a poster titled ‘Confli...
Today I had a full day of travelling, which meant sitting on the tractor for over seven hours without significant break. I loved it! You may think that it is boring just to trundle along country roads. For me it is not. Every corner brings a new sight. I have never see...
After yesterday’s excitement today was much quieter. I met up with my son Tom at Windsor. I wanted to go there as it is one of the homes of the British monarchs and it has given the name to the present Royal Family. ‘Windsor’ sounds authentically English. However the n...
