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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 