Author Archives: sheg4184

Of Martyrs and Artists and Clamorous Bells

Posted on 4 June 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 5 of the Salt Path: Boscastle to St Ives This past week, we have been based in St Columb Major, a Cornish town a few miles inland, and well away from the hustle and bustle and total chaos of … Continue reading →

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Down on the Border

Posted on 24 May 2026 by sheg4184

‘…For men must work, and women must weep,Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,And the harbour bar be moaning.’. ~ Charles Kingsley (Three Fishers) Phase 4: The Salt Path: Westward Ho! to Bude Our accommodation these past few days has … Continue reading →

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“A Wimpling Wind”*

Posted on 17 May 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 3 of the Salt Path: Lynmouth to Westward Ho! Wandering through a tranquil wilderness beneath dappled beechwoods, I emerge into green fields beside a still and silent lake, and it is hard to imagine that I am in the … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse of Somerset

Posted on 14 May 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 2 of the Salt Path Experience: Minehead to Lynmouth We have moved on to Somerset this week, but only fleetingly. The walk, as I think I mentioned before, officially begins in Minehead. So we have spent two nights in … Continue reading →

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A Soupçon of Dorset

Posted on 12 May 2026 by sheg4184

Lime Regis, where “the principal street [is] almost hurrying into the water, … [and] the very beautiful line of cliffs [are] stretching out to the east of the town.” ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion Phase 1 of the Salt Path Experience: … Continue reading →

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Campania Felix

Posted on 15 March 2026 by sheg4184

I am not very good at reacting joyfully to surprises, as the One & Only knows only to well. So, it was a rare thing that he chose to surprise me for our anniversary this week, and an even rarer … Continue reading →

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Proud Mary, Proud Mum

Posted on 23 February 2026 by sheg4184

‘I love the java jive and it loves me’ ~ the Inkpots, 1958 Proud Mary Café (PMC) has been a popular coffee shop on Oxford Street in the heart of Collingwood, Melbourne for over sixteen years. It was founded by … Continue reading →

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Comfort Food Rules!

Posted on 25 January 2026 by sheg4184

Pablo Picasso once said, most wisely, ‘Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.’ On the other hand, Mark Twain reputedly said, ‘Never put off till tomorrow what may be done the day after … Continue reading →

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“Wherever I wander, wherever I roam”

Posted on 9 December 2025 by sheg4184

Down in Normanville, we have had a brief day or two of heat, in an otherwise cool and windy spring. Nonetheless, the dulcet tones of a thousand corellas fill the Casuarina trees every morning, and Adelaide is awash with sticky … Continue reading →

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Needles & Pins

Posted on 14 October 2025 by sheg4184

Historical novelist Tracey Chevalier is probably best known for her second novel, ‘The Girl with a Pearl Earring’, a fictional account of the Dutch painter, Vermeer, and his model. This, you may remember, was made into a movie in 2003 … Continue reading →

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