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Saltash Unleash! (Day 170) September 15th

  In the morning whilst I answer endless e mails Rian and Louise mak...

A Threat to Burn the Koran and the Role of the Transition Movement

The following is Tina Clarke‘s reflections on the recent threat ...

Tales from a Weekend with my Folks (days 166-167) September 11th-12th

The Trouble with Land Is They Stopped Making it Ages Ago* (day 168) September 13th

The Curse of The South West (Day 169) September 14th

New password request bug

If you are having problems with your request for a new password, pleas...

Twitter sharing lessons learned

If you’re interested in the web you can’t have missed Twit...

And the Road Turns East (Day 166) September 10TH

 Anne Marie and I leave bright and early to head south to Lerryn, and...

Tales from a Tail of Wooded Land (Days 164-165) September 8th -9th

Day 164 A Sense of Place I look, over breakfast,  at the CommonSense ...

The Fairest of Small Cities (Day 163) September 7th

Lostwithiel, one of my favourite places in all Cornwall, has a resilie...

Damsons for Dessert, for Breakfast, and from Jam into Juice (Day 161) September 5th

I have a lovely start to my morning talking to my partner in a lazy Su...

As Far West As This Journey Takes Me (Day 162) September 6th

 Georgiana and I leave Liskeard in the pouring rain, which doesn’t ...

Friends Across the Border (Day 160) September 4th

We walk down to the centre of Tavistock where there is to be a communi...

Crossing Dartmoor – the Pedlar and the Soldier (Days 158-159) September 2nd – 3rd

  It’s All About The Feet (Chagford- Bellever) What an un...

1st September (Day 157) A Day in a Dartmoor Wool Town

I spend the morning writing up and posting my latest blogs and working...

System emails from August – not working

Following some discussions on why the site’s email alerts and co...

Genius Loci (Day 151) August 26th

I say good bye to my lovely hosts in Cullompton and backtrack slightly...

A Tale of Two Shops (Day 152) August 27th

After spending the morning, finally, after what seemed like several da...

Where the Spirit of Place Has a Strong Intention (Days 153-154) August 28-29th

I awaken early from my mattress on the floor of the yurt which I share...

Breakfast Stories and Blazing Hot Bank Holiday Walking (Day 155) 30th August

   I awaken early and go off to eat an early breakfast, planning to...

“If Nature Is Your Teacher Your Soul Will Awaken” (Day 156) August 31st

Guest post: “Big Society – small state?”

Guest posting from Jules Peck As many of us struggle to get to grips w...

A Land Full of Waterways (Day 148) August 23rd

I wake up to a beautiful sunny day and Lokabandhu and I exchange memor...

August 24th (Day 149) A Very Special Town on the River Tone

Val walks with me on to the start of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal ...

August 25th (day 150) Crossing the Devon Border

Today I crossed the Devon border; it was a good feeling, though it has...

Adding your ‘partner event’ to this site

Please add details about your organisation’s events to this site...

Day 147 Peace to This Place (August 22nd)

 Peace to this Place The old Somerset blessing I find written on one ...

Security is Not the Things We Have, But the Things We Can Live Without (Day 146) August 21st

I wake up cosy in Mark’s little white caravan and read the wise word...

When Everybody Does A Little… (Day 145) August 20th

As I walk along the lanes heading westwards away from Bradford I recal...

(Days 142- 144) August 17th-19th On the Banks of the Avon

(Day 142) Fruit, Veg, and Sunshine; in Abundance. I have a lovely lazy...

There is Something You Can Do Better than Any Other (Day 141) August 16th

I start my day late after a much needed lie in and finally come downst...

Where Three Shires Meet (Day 139) August 14th

Fiona and I are up early for I have a long walk in front of me today. ...

From Bodger’s Wood to Farmer’s Market Garden (Day 140) August 15th

 I wake in my little chalet in the woods and come outside to marvel a...

Stroud Life (Day 138) August 13th

 We’re up bright and early as Clare and Paul are off away on holida...

Stroud – A Town ‘Twixt Five Valleys (Days 136-137) August 11th -12th

  There Will Be No Return To Business As Usual   (Day 136) I spend...

Once Upon a Town Three Transition Initiatives Met… (Day 132) August 7th

I talk to Glen Powell, my host at Tan House Farm, over breakfast and l...

Within Sight of May Hill (Day 133) August 8th

The morning starts late for me after a quiet time writing up my blog i...

The Road to Gloucester (Day 134) August 9th

The morning starts with a wonderful breakfast of muesli, seeds, nuts, ...

Being in Gloucestershire (Day 135) August 10th

I wake up fuzzy and feeling like I have lost something, and pretty soo...

Of Song, Wild Raspberries, and Abbey Dore (Day 131) August 6th

I leave Hay on Wye reluctantly; it has much the same pull on me as my ...

Tales from The Welsh Borders (Days 128-130) August 3rd – 5th

 Day 128   A Lammas Fire In the morning I meet Ernie the gardener a...

Once Upon A Tree, in Dragon’s Orchard (Day 126) August 1st

Once there was an orchard, which had been in the same family for 80 ye...

Journeying toward the Welsh Border (Day 127) August 2nd

I leave Breinton and head west for Hay on Wye; it is a long 20 mile wa...

Twibbons

Chris Wells from TT Kensal to Kilburn has put together a proposed desi...

Sharing the Transition Towns Twitter identity

From Saturday 7th August to Wednesday 25th August, the Transition Town...

Conference 2010 write up by Amelia Gregory

Amelia Gregory, of Amelia’s Magazine fame, has been a stalwart s...

People Make Transition Happen (Day 122) July 28th

UPDATE – since I posted this blog, John Nicklin has created a...

The Malvern Hills (Days 123-124) July 29th & 30th

   Part One     More Malvern Tales I wake up in Lower House Farm...

Tolkein’s Country (Day 125) July 31st

Today begins by getting up and going to Green and Away to speak at thi...

Adding yourself to the speakers and facilitators directories

This is an illustrated guide explaining how to add yourself to the Spe...

If you have a garden, and a library, and a dome, you have everything you need. (Day 121) July 27th

As I leave Janice and Ken’s house to go to Bishopswood with John I n...

Caves, Railway Carriages, and the Most Beautiful Georgian Town in Worcestershire July 26th (Day 120)

 I leave Stourbridge accompanied by Pam and Tails the cat; amused tha...

Out and About Around Stourbridge July 24th (Day 118)

Butterflies and Glass Cones 25th July (Day 119)

        Pam takes me back along the canal to see Stourbridge�...

Schools Out (Day 117) July 23rd

Naomi and Seren accompany me along the railway path through Smestow N...

From the Shrop to the Stafford Shire (Day 114) July 20th

Wolverhampton Wonders – Out Of Darkness Cometh Light July 21-22nd (Days 115-116)

I chose Wolverhampton as a staging post on my route very early on in m...

Day 113 A Very Beautiful Town – Food for the Soul

Telford’s Legacy (Day 111) July 17th

The First Blackberry (Day 112) July 17th