Walking the hidden trail, 29 October 2026

 

The Hidden Trail, 20 October 2026

 A year later, here is the hidden trail yesterday, 20 October 2026; a beautiful day, +17 C.

The Hidden Trail, 20 October 2025

 It was a year ago today . . .

The Hidden Trail, 01 October 2025

 

Return to the hidden trail, 20 July 2026

 

The hidden trail in February

It's been a very cold winter and it looks like it will continue being very cold until the end of March. Here are photographs from a walk on February 17, on the hidden trail; this winter, beginning in early November, has not been a time for any really pleasant walks. But we're Canadians, we endure. And we wait for spring.

What William Blake thought

According to Peter Ackroyd`s biography of William Blake, the first morning Blake was in Felpham, his home for two years on the coast south of London, “Blake came out of his cottage and found a ploughman in a neighbouring field. At this moment the ploughboy working with him called out ‘Father, the gate is open.’ For Blake, this was an emblem of his new life, and the work he was about to begin.” Blake perceived this experience as an auspicious sign from the universe, one indicating a future of openness, creativity, and the presence of the divine intervening in his life. At that moment Blake knew that he had made the right choice in moving to Felpham; the universe told him as much.