Saturday Market Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast
Walking to Rome: Arras, Part 1
Walking to Rome: Vimy
As I write this, back in Winnipeg, I am aware that tomorrow is November 11, Remembrance Day. Tomorrow, Gail and I will attend, as we do every year, the Valour Road Memorial Day Service, a short walk away from our Wolseley home. Valour Road, formerly Pine Street, commemorates three recipients of the Victoria Cross for... Continue Reading →
Walking to Rome: Via Francigena Day 12
Frévin-Capelle/La Grenouillère/Anna; Abbaye de Mont-Saint-Éloi; Église catholique; Saint-Martin d’Écoivres; Le Marais de Mareoeuil; Arras Poor Mont-Saint-Éloi. Its abbey was established as far back as the 7th century. Over the next many hundreds of years, it rose to prominence as a major religious centre. That power sealed its fate in the late 1700’s with the French... Continue Reading →
Walking to Rome: Via Francigena Day 11
It’s November, 2019. Gail and I have been back in Winnipeg for six weeks. I’ve been occupied with a book project, just now completed. So it’s time to get back to our Via Francigena pilgrimage, starting where you last saw us. Back to September 29 as we leave the coal mining town of Bruay le... Continue Reading →
CDMX: Night of the Dead
One of Mexico City’s sixteen boroughs, Xochimilco is, in some respects, the heart of the city. The vast lake that once covered the Valley of Mexico—including the entire site of today’s Mexico City—was tamed 1,000 years ago with a network of canals defined by artificial islands, called chinampas. Canals were once the main mode of... Continue Reading →
What’s In My Camera Bag, Part Two (The Other Stuff)
My last post dug into the camera bag slung over my shoulder. Cameras. Lenses. Filters. My creative tools. As I mentioned in that post, my kit is tailored to the needs of long distance walking where weight and volume are as important as image quality. But there is another collection of photographic ephemera, the less... Continue Reading →