Comments on: Elgar’s bicycle https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/ Highway Cello Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Colin Reed https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-663 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:00:59 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-663 In reply to Graham Rutt.

Hello Graham. I’m the Colin that Kenneth was referring to. This is his blog so I won’t talk about my journey here but if you want to contact me you can at colinreed104@gmail.com

]]> By: Barbara Foster https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-657 Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:20:33 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-657 I am so enjoying reading of your wanderings and greatly admire the speed at which you are covering the ground under your own steam. Isn’t the Mappa Mundi marvellous, and of course the only places figuring in GB are the ancient cathedrals. When you reach Worcester I hope you will seek out the memorial on the nave floor, commemorating a pilgrim who was discovered there when they were putting in some electrical wiring. You have certainly earned the title of Pilgrim, so please find a moment to greet your fellow pilgrim. More info about him in the crypt.

]]> By: Bob Morrow https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-656 Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:07:35 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-656 “Life is to Important to take Seriously” – my favorite Oscar Wilde quote.
Sounds like you have settled into the right approach Mr. Wilson.
Carry on then.

]]> By: Greevz Fisher https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-655 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:34:24 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-655 A wonderfully descriptive account of your pilgrimage day and a thoughtful reflection on personal responsibility vis a vis the commitments and routines that envelop and shape out everyday lives.

]]> By: Tony Gillam https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-654 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:39:36 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-654 I’m sure Mr Elgar wasn’t judging you, Kenneth, after all the miles you’ve done. I’m looking forward to finally seeing the Pilgrim Cello performance/meditation at Worcester Cathedral tomorrow. You’ve been halfway round the country and I just sit back and wait for you to come to my nearest cathedral! Now, I’m the one who feels embarrassed! Welcome to Worcestershire. Best regards, Tony

]]> By: Graham Rutt https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-653 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:04:59 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-653 Thanks for those thoughts. Especially the ones about autonomy etc

And if you let me know who Colin is I am sure he should be in the all 42 book!!

]]> By: Angela https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-652 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:53:51 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-652 Ah, glad you have reached Hereford. My husband knew the house behind you in the photograph quite well, as a friend lived there as a child.

The chained library is special, we saw another this year at Chetham’s Library in Manchester.

]]> By: Jo Bennett https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/06/25/elgars-bicycle/#comment-651 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:31:10 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2880#comment-651 So glad you were able to see the Mappa Mundi and the Chained Library. And Elgar! And thank you for each and every poem including, and perhaps especially, the fourth, with its very spare and moving Sarabande. May you receive amazing grace to finish your pilgrimage with a sense of completion.

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