Comments on: Ups and downs https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/ Highway Cello Thu, 03 Jul 2025 03:20:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bob Morrow https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/#comment-701 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 03:20:53 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2941#comment-701 This day is straight out of Monty Python!
Forty Chattering Koreans at lunch trying to understand why English food is so bland.
Meditation? Are we suppose to be meditating to a cello while eating bland food?
And then.
A 260 cm bike that only measures 120 cm.
Right then off you go!
That bridge which is but a tunnel is probably defended by a Black knight requiring a proper shrubbery.
I hope to learn you found a safer routing!

]]> By: Diane Bryson https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/#comment-698 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:03:39 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2941#comment-698 Wow Kenny! Talk about ups and downs. Sheesh! The journey the journey we are all on the journey.

]]> By: Jo Bennett https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/#comment-697 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:47:00 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2941#comment-697 In reply to Christopher Ettridge.

So do I, Christopher! (Travel up and down emotionally with you, Kenneth!) As a mere basic level cyclist/cellist, to me it seems really important, what you’re doing. At the risk of sounding excessively pious, maybe the 3 years leading up to Jesus’ arrest and execution felt similar for him…

]]> By: Jane Magee https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/#comment-696 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:54:10 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2941#comment-696 I was at the Chester Cathedral concert in the refectory and I thought it was lovely, despite not being the atmosphere you intended. It reflected real life with its hustle and bustle. Some people noticed your performance, some didn’t but those who did were drawn in. So, thank you!

]]> By: Christopher Ettridge https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/#comment-695 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:49:10 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2941#comment-695 I get caught up in your stories because they’re good stories & you tell them well. I notice I take an emotional up & down journey as I’m reading them. Well done sir!

]]> By: Greevz Fisher https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/#comment-694 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:25:39 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2941#comment-694 Great photos and clearly a mixed day at the cathedral, but you did manage your concert in the refractory even if mics were reserved for the express use of the clergy.
The comments about flights of steps in railway stations and trying to manhandle bikes, definitely resonates with me, reminding me of a similar situation at Avignon station on my cycle tour along the Canal du Midi, now some ten years ago!

]]> By: Barbara Foster https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2025/07/01/ups-and-downs/#comment-693 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:26:21 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=2941#comment-693 Your photos are wonderful, Kenneth, making everything look good. Sorry not everything was good for you today- that seems to be the pattern. But I bet the Koreans really enjoyed your performance, a bonus for them. Maybe they think you do it every day!
So, on to Liverpool. I wonder where they put you there. The place is big enough for you to do a concert every day for a year in a different spot. Are you going to Paddy’s wigwam too? or is that like asking if you are going to St David’s? I.ve just realised Im a day behind and you were in Liverpool today. Hope it went well

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