tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post1803452375522059979..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Walking Anti-ClockwiseGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60721279154856276512022-12-07T09:49:46.211+00:002022-12-07T09:49:46.211+00:00Thanks, Diane. I hadn't thought of that benefi...Thanks, Diane. I hadn't thought of that benefit for the brain.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-10116298389278843482022-12-06T15:42:30.785+00:002022-12-06T15:42:30.785+00:00I suggest somewhere cool and dark...I suggest somewhere cool and dark...Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-75297420084274842312022-12-06T02:04:47.317+00:002022-12-06T02:04:47.317+00:00Lovely walk. Thanks for taking me with you. It is ...Lovely walk. Thanks for taking me with you. It is very good for your brain to do things in the opposite direction or in a different order. Keeps your brain active rather than on auto pilot.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15647591394338876032022-12-02T17:40:54.281+00:002022-12-02T17:40:54.281+00:00Marcheline, I shall try and store that information...Marcheline, I shall try and store that information.<br />Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-20172947914896261462022-12-02T17:40:08.583+00:002022-12-02T17:40:08.583+00:00Well, well, Debby. I've heard the term 'wi...Well, well, Debby. I've heard the term 'widdershins' but had no idea that's what it meant.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4123369776459183052022-12-02T17:34:59.024+00:002022-12-02T17:34:59.024+00:00Absolutely, Amy.Absolutely, Amy.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90941743092927901452022-12-02T14:38:00.051+00:002022-12-02T14:38:00.051+00:00Debby beat me to it!! I was going to say you were...Debby beat me to it!! I was going to say you were walking widdershins - additionally, Widdershins was the name of one of the best cats we ever got to be owned by... it's also the title of a very good book by Charles de Lint (an author I love)...Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-13557813955858611182022-11-30T05:15:45.178+00:002022-11-30T05:15:45.178+00:00I don't know why it popped into my head...but ...I don't know why it popped into my head...but you were walking widdershins. I had to go and look it up. Counter clockwise. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37302879359594377392022-11-30T02:04:26.320+00:002022-11-30T02:04:26.320+00:00It's a bit like life isn't it? Try somethi...It's a bit like life isn't it? Try something a different way and all of a sudden we learn something different.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-55205639955294787052022-11-29T17:08:28.025+00:002022-11-29T17:08:28.025+00:00Monica, I like the idea of one's legs just doi...Monica, I like the idea of one's legs just doing their own routine.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-73232121507448591872022-11-29T17:07:16.094+00:002022-11-29T17:07:16.094+00:00Thanks, Potty. I just love the word 'conbobula...Thanks, Potty. I just love the word 'conbobulated'. I have not used it for ages.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4412434188064663532022-11-29T17:06:09.868+00:002022-11-29T17:06:09.868+00:00Thanks, YP. It sounds like we naturally tend to wa...Thanks, YP. It sounds like we naturally tend to walk in a clockwise direction on familiar routes.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-74433447026963883812022-11-29T15:28:23.237+00:002022-11-29T15:28:23.237+00:00Looks like a very nice walk in any season. My own ...Looks like a very nice walk in any season. My own 'routine' walk is (as you'll probably remember) around an old cemetery; but I do vary that walk not only by sometimes walking clockwise and sometimes anti-clockwise, but also in various criss-cross and back-and-forth patterns in between! ;-) I can also vary my walks into town and back a bit - which way I choose may depend on what errands I have there. I agree that it's very easy to just fall into a certain pattern though - and if one prefers to let one's mind 'wander' as well, it can be quite comfortable to just let ones legs do their routine! DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-20788434094012096372022-11-29T11:17:06.724+00:002022-11-29T11:17:06.724+00:00I don't mind going either way on a regular wal...I don't mind going either way on a regular walk but my old dog certainly did . He was right conbobulated about going anti clockwise around Lytham Hall grounds.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-41791556555213475652022-11-29T10:16:45.782+00:002022-11-29T10:16:45.782+00:00I appreciate the colours and sharpness of your pho...I appreciate the colours and sharpness of your photographs. I also have a favourite circular walk which seems very different when, occasionally, I take the anti-clockwise route.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-9667373431710651792022-11-29T09:18:45.324+00:002022-11-29T09:18:45.324+00:00Meike, I have blogged several times about the walk...Meike, I have blogged several times about the walk as you said. Oddly I noticed a number being very territorial. As you say it's not the breeding season yet so I'm not quite sure why. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4368865260703843492022-11-29T09:16:41.421+00:002022-11-29T09:16:41.421+00:00Thank you, Debby, I am fortunate.Thank you, Debby, I am fortunate.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-87151332968817485272022-11-29T09:16:08.202+00:002022-11-29T09:16:08.202+00:00Pauline (aka Anonymous) our (as in yours and my) B...Pauline (aka Anonymous) our (as in yours and my) Blackbirds are the same. They and the Thrushes used to wake me by smashing snails on the verandah of The Cottage just by the head of my bed. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-39989284996913676662022-11-29T09:11:47.847+00:002022-11-29T09:11:47.847+00:00Thanks, Margaret. I've actually been asking my...Thanks, Margaret. I've actually been asking myself why I always went clockwise and I have come to no conclusion.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-88032321393226425742022-11-29T09:09:01.225+00:002022-11-29T09:09:01.225+00:00David, I'm not sure that I'd recognise a q...David, I'm not sure that I'd recognise a quizzical look on a Blackbird but then it probably couldn't recognise one on me either.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90129901170850991892022-11-29T09:05:44.799+00:002022-11-29T09:05:44.799+00:00Tigger, it's a walk of which I never tire. How...Tigger, it's a walk of which I never tire. However, the trees have survived despite the windswept nature of the Islands.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47853366422094683682022-11-29T09:04:27.233+00:002022-11-29T09:04:27.233+00:00It's good, Jill, to have your company either w...It's good, Jill, to have your company either way.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-21246858617600485932022-11-29T09:03:46.905+00:002022-11-29T09:03:46.905+00:00Adrian they must have made a mistake with the tape...Adrian they must have made a mistake with the tape measure when I got my knew knee. (or is is new nee?).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60449211028083277582022-11-29T09:00:08.586+00:002022-11-29T09:00:08.586+00:00Good to see you again, Donna. We have been badly h...Good to see you again, Donna. We have been badly hit by avian flu: very largely in the huge seabird colonies. I believe some poultry farms have succumbed too. I'm not aware of it with our garden birds on the Island though.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31528535799440520182022-11-29T08:52:45.700+00:002022-11-29T08:52:45.700+00:00Maywyn, you are spot on about the comfortable vibe...Maywyn, you are spot on about the comfortable vibe.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com