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Life’s Marathon
Dan Snow says: On this day, 24th July, in 1908, the first Olympic marathon was won by Italian Dorando Pietri, running from Windsor Castle through Slough, Harrow and Wembley to the White City – ‘26 miles plus 385 yards on the track’ – an arbitrary length that subsequently became standard. An exhausted Pietri collapsed and…
It Is What It Is
Musing… Stuff from the last couple of days… Ian said: ‘It is what it is’. There’s no point in complaining or arguing. It’s beyond his control. He can’t change the situation… Robins: Jill was visiting her mum’s grave. A robin hopped up to her… Some people believe that robins are a reminder that loved ones…
Falling in a Cow Pat
In ‘The Heart’s Invisible Furies’ Cyril describes his first visit to his Dutch friend Bastiaan’s family home on a farm. As he’s approaching on his bicycle, the farmyard dogs bark, causing him to fall in a huge cow pat. To him it’s a huge embarrassment; to the farm family it’s of no consequence. Bastiaan’s dad…
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