I like that walk, David, & can only say I'm sorry to hear about the
COPD. Good luck with breathing good air....
Doug
On 17-Jul-10, at 2:29 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> Yesterday I had confirmation that I have COPD (chronic obstructive
> pulmonary
> disease) so today I forsook Leicester, which lies in a kind of
> depressed
> bowl, at the bottom of a Gallowtree Hill (the locals never use the
> name)
> for a gentle stroll with one of my growing collection of walking
> sticks in
> the clear and breathable air alongside that modest river the Welland
> in
> Stamford's meadows, which led to a little wood where I found an old
> and
> nameless to me tree and a huge bole where I perched like a child in
> the arms
> of time.
>
>
>
>
> --
> (David) "Dave no more" Joseph Bircumshaw
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