The ride down Furker Pass and up the Grimsel has to be one of the most beautiful and exhilarating rides available.
Down Furker
Past the wall of the Rhone Glacier
Through the little village of Gletsch
Then up the Grimsel
Winding up to the lake at the top of Grimsel Pass
If that is not enough
Turn around
Down the Grimsel
Then up the Nufenen Pass
What a day of riding it was.
In a few months I will be back in Europe
On the Mighty Breva II
More mountain passes some old some revisited.
Colour
and light
stands alone
often in the wilderness
the boundless plains
the culture of different peoples
The colour
of a land
of the wildlife
the people
are the constant
like a beacon
colour and light
like life itself
cannot be diminished
This poem was inspired by travels in Kenya and Ethiopia
The colour and light of the animals
The People
The Land
The vessel
A full moon to guide us
The skipper preparing the boat
The merry revelers on board
Up the river under the Westgate bridge
Keeping watch for other vessels
Under the Bolte bridge
The city skyline full of light
Then at midnight the fireworks
Now it’s 2018!!!!!
After a couple of days of hot summer weather
Cool rain
Still breezes
And on the bicycle for a ride by the bay
In the cool of the evening
Last sprinkles of rain
My loop of the Williamstown peninsula
Taking in the end of the week as the end of the year approaches.
I feel like I’m in the twilight period of 2017
The sun setting on a year of wonderful adventures and discoveries
Excited about the coming of 2018
New adventures
New directions
Volvo Round the World Racing Yachts
After the long sail from Cape Town
Powering down wind,
Surfing across the Southern Ocean
Resting now in the calm waters of Docklands, Melbourne.
