I have a bit of a milestone birthday coming up in a few weeks, so I thought I’d put together a short montage of childhood memories…
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I never set summer holiday homework for the children I used to teach. Each time I was tempted to do so, or felt the peer pressure of my fellow teachers, I remembered how dreadful summer projects used to be when I was at school and vowed never, ever, to inflict on my pupils the…
Walking the Wall – Day 5
Day 5 – Gilsland to Brampton A very gentle walk today to finish the week. The landscape became more and more gentle as I walked into Cumbria – farmland that has been cultivated for generations, rather than the barren moorland of the previous days. I hadn’t planned on visiting the ruined Lanercost Priory, but I’m…
