Woven With Gold Strings: Guide-over-Sands

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Guide-over-Sands

For our 2014 bay walk, Cedric walked with the group all the way (I should say we walked with Cedric) but on this walk it didn't seem quite right that he was in his tractor. He has been safely guiding folk across the bay for decades but it could be that he is thinking of handing over the duties to someone else? I wouldn't like to be in their shoes, sandals or bare feet!... such a responsibility for the safety of so many people.

It was a great walk yesterday. We'll do it again next year, maybe even more than once. I'd recommend it to anyone... but only with an experienced guide... a sandwalker!

2 comments:

Anne MurphySeptember 7, 2015 at 1:00 PM
Wonderful photos Dave and Sarah ... preceded by such colourful blogging! I really do enjoy them ... always interesting, informative with subtle humour and leaves the reader eagerly awaiting the next chapter!
It does look to be a beautiful walk and judging by all those present, very popular too.
Did I see a Lurcher there?..and a few other doggies! ( I bet they wished for 'Lurcher- length legs!!)
Well done again!😊xx

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Thanks.
David.

Woven with Gold Strings

When we found ourselves without our beloved Smeagol, we realised how much we missed the company of a cat. He had been with us both for fifteen years and I had got him when he was just eight weeks old. Smeagol passed away in March 2012, he would have been twenty years old that year!

We decided to plant an acer tree and bury his ashes under it. We found the tree we wanted from Abi and Tom's Garden Plants, a Kinran acer. Tom told us Kinran translated to Woven with Gold Strings.

Whilst we were deliberating about getting another cat and whether another cat could replace Smeagol, a stray cat started paying visits to our garden. He looked very young and was remarkably similar in appearance to Smeagol. He took to sleeping under Smeagol’s acer tree by the back door and when he finally decided to come into our house, he took to sleeping on his chair too!

Nearly one year later, Strider is as much a part of our home as Smeagol ever was.

I recently started a blog about how my Mum & Dad met and married in India. There are so many wonderful old black & white family photos of us all as children and of Mum & Dad when they were younger. Sunlight from the Nilgiris is about our history. As much as I enjoy writing about these old photos from our past, I’ve decided I also want to write about and show photos from more recent times, including today and tomorrow.... and it’s not just about cats!