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Time to ‘Get Serious’ about Sigeric, 10th century Renaissance Man.
“They have sent me to you, the hardy sea-men—they bid you be informed that you must quickly sendrings in exchange for protection, and it would be betterfor you to buy off with tribute this storm of spears,otherwise we should deal in such a hard battle.” The Battle of Maldon –…
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The Apothecary’s Tale – Blisters, Boots and Becket’s Blood.
With us ther was a DOCTOUR OF PHISYK, In al this world ne was ther noon him lyk To speke of phisik and of surgerye; For he was grounded in astronomye. Geoffrey Chaucer – The Physician’s Tale One of the principal concerns of a modern day pilgrim is probably the…
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Last Post – Lest We Forget
In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. In Flanders Fields – John McCrae On Armistice Day it seems appropriate to file a ‘Last Post’ for my travel blog until…
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Murder in the Cathedral – Close Encounters with Thomas Becket on the Via Francigena.
What miserable drones and traitors have I nurtured and promoted in my household who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric! The Life of St Thomas – Edward Grim On the evening of 29th December 1170. Shortly after Becket had finished celebrating Vespers, four…
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Telling the Tale of William Tell
I am ashamed to say that I know very little about Switzerland. In a way that’s a bit odd as I spent a large part of my life working for a Swiss bank and visited Switzerland on numerous occasions. Yet I know far less about Switzerland than say Belgium, I…
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Welcome to my blog
Hi and welcome to my blog! My name is Jonathan Dutton. I live with my wife Olivia and our two dogs (Islay and Puzzle) in Winterbourne Stoke, a small village in Wiltshire near Stonehenge. We live adjacent to St Peter’s church, which dates back over 900 years to the Norman…
Pilgrim's Progress - Long Distance Walks in Europe and the UK 