Latest Walk

Latest walk - the penultimate - was to Gun Hill ending up at the Rose and Crown in Rushton Spencer. I have some pictures on one of the later pages now! Other pictures (not by me!) of the same area including a rather nice Gun Hill panorama - we saw very little!

More Thursday evening walks

.. more of the series, around Macclesfield Forest and Bollington.

Yesterday..

Just wanted to quote these two reactions

This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty and the powerful; it is not aimed at presidents or prime ministers; it was aimed at ordinary working class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christians, Hindu and Jew, young and old, indiscriminate attempt at slaughter irrespective of any considerations, of age, of class, of religion, whatever, that isn't an ideology, it isn't even a perverted faith, it's just indiscriminate attempt at mass murder, and we know what the objective is, they seek to divide London. They seek to turn Londoners against each other and Londoners will not be divided by this cowardly attack...

from Ken Livingston via Geoff Coupe and

So now it is time for progressives to keep the focus on draining the swamp, not on counterproductive military adventures that will only reinforce Al Qaeda propaganda. Aggressive and innovative policies to address climate change and poverty are two of the most powerful ways accomplish this.

from tompaine.com via Storytellers world

And a Moving story of getting out.

We need to drain the swamp...

Parrs Wood School and Open Source

Missed this programme but the writeup looks pretty good. The school's website is here