Prompted by Michał Karski's recent comments, quoting Annabel Streets' book 52 Ways to Walk: "So what makes a pilgrimage different from a walk? Firstly, a pilgrimage requires a destination with meaning. In the past this was typically a holy place, but today it might be an ancient tree, the house of an admired painter or architect, somewhere that holds special memories for us, or the site of a rare orchid. Secondly, a pilgrimage requires an intention. This can be as simple as plotting out our day's work, or emptying our mind before bed."
My destination today was to catch a magical scene, one that briefly flashed past my eyes from the Kraków-Warka train exactly a week ago. The sun setting over the Pilica river, a low mist settling over the water meadows to its south. Then, I was unable to catch the shot; the train was going too fast. My intention today? Get the photo I missed, and seek metaphysical experience.
Today's weather was perfect for said pilgrimage (train from Chynów to Warka Miasto, the connection ideally timed to catch the sun going down).
Below: photo taken from the footway alongside the new rail bridge. I was lucky to catch a lone canoe making its way downstream.
Below: from the same spot, change of lens (to super-wide 10-20mm), the rail bridge to the right.
First steps in cider-making
The glories of a sunny day in early autumn
This time nine years ago:
Between equinox and equilux
This time 11 years ago:
Heritage or high-rise?
This time 12 years ago:
Shopping notes
This time 13 years ago:
My grandfather
This time 15 years ago:
Surreal twilight, ul.Karczunkowska
This time 16 years ago:
From Warsaw to Seville, via Munich and Madrid
3 comments:
Great photos, as always, esp. no.4.
For some reason, song titles come to mind straight away. Here are some on a walking theme:
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
The ventures - Walk, Don't Run
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Donald Fagen - Walk Between Raindrops
Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Walk in the Night
Skerryvore - Walk With Me
Maria Schneider - Walking By Flashlight
and there are others on a related theme, such as:
Joe Bonamassa - So Many Roads
The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
The Rolling Stones - Down The Road Apiece
Miles Davis (feat. John Coltrane) - Milestones
etc, etc
cheers from MK
@ Michał Karski
Down The Road Apiece - check out the Amos Milburn original.
Further On Up The Road - Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1957)
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
Dark Road - Floyd Jones
And let's not forget those railroads!
Texas and Pacific - Louis Jordan
Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan
Blue Train - John Coltrane
Excellent!
I'd post a 'thumbs-up' emoji if I could.
We could be exchanging music ad infinitum, so I'll sign out and leave you with another couple of ideas:
'The Train Kept A-Rollin' - the Yardbirds version
and 'Footprints' by Wayne Shorter
Happy journeys!
MK
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