They say red brightens a picture.
Walking a busy bike path is disconcerting. People, bikes, skaters and skateboards advancing swiftly from from behind, passing and the zooming off in front of you.
We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an inc...
It does! Some path uses are not very thoughtful, careful, respectful or polite.
ReplyDeleteWhen I am riding my bike I am not so much inconsiderate as incapable
DeleteWhen I am walking, I have only just leaned NOT to step off the made pathway to allow people walking abreast to continue as they were.
ReplyDeleteThe red here is great.
The red is always an eye grabber.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a bit sad how pathway manners are sometimes lacking. I sometimes do the same as Julie, but not always - some folk are just plain aggressive (only some fortunately) :D)