We peel onto the single track from Kinlochewe, removing any residue of tall tales that might spoil the flavour. Goodwill seasons a wave of hands and smiles. We pull over to let others pass and can already smell the sea. Other travellers pull over to let us go by. We share an appetite for peace. Laughter spills from our cars when Japanese visitors realise we were both waiting for the other to pass from either side of a blind corner.
gorse blooming
mirrors the sakura
spring blessings
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a Happy Monday and a wonderful new week!
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, settings: iA, 1/200 s, Action, 1/800 s.
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A very good post. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Henrietta :o) xxx
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You are welcome!
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Stunning pictures!
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Thank you for your kind words Neha :o)
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A pleasing post !! Liked it very much !! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Nemo :o)
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You are most welcome 😊😊
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I remember all the single-track on the Isle of Mull with great fondness! Makes driving so much more interesting 🙂
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Thank you Frank, the tracks on Mull are very similar and work beautifully when people get into the spirit of their natural flow ;o)
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Another delightful, beautiful post! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Amy and we wish you a wonderful new week :o) xxx
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Lovely story and post as always ❤ It’s so much nicer driving when people are considerate. xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Cathy, it is wonderful when everyone steps into the flow of these scenic single tracks. I hope you had a great weekend and much love to you and Finn xxx
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Thank you 🙂 Much love back 💖 xxx
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Thank you Cathy xxx
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Sounds like a recipe for the best part of a peaceful day.
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Thank you Björn, it prepared us for our whole stay in the West in the best possible way :o)
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A recipe for peace with a seasoning of goodwill and the smell of the sea.
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Thank you Frank, it tasted really good ;o)
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Perfect recipe for a spring day out! Lovely. So jealous now.
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Thank you Sarah ;o)
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Beautiful! I watched a lovely t.v. programme about the cherry blossom – sweets are made from them too! Great post 😺💕 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Samantha. I imagine those sweets will be delicious! Thank you for stopping by and much love to you all :o) xxx
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Interesting passing place. I like that. I enjoyed your story very much. The scenery is lovely and the beauties in the water looks joyful.
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I really like the way the prose lightly “seasons” the idea of recipe.
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Thank you kindly :o)
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An appetite for peace, the smell of gorse and sea in passing places – so familiar and yet so different in our respective corners of the British Isles! Your photographs are so enticing, Xenia! Have a wonderful week! xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Kim. I love the variety and the uniqueness of each area we are so blessed to share. Wishing you a wonderful week too! :o) xxx
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Love the journey, simple but filled with blessings and peace ~ Also love your haiku of spring’s blessings ~ Wow to the photos ~
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Thank you so much for your kind words Grace 💜 xxx
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Beautiful haiku. And I love this section:
“We share an appetite for peace. Laughter spills from our cars when Japanese visitors realise we were both waiting for the other to pass from either side of a blind corner.”
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jericho :o)
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I like the message of peace and communication in your haibun.
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Thank you for your kind words Suzanne :o) xxx
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It sounds like the perfect recipe for a vacation at the beach, sun and fun
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Thank you Walter! ;o)
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Love the poem, and the geography as always!
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Thank you Shielagh! :o) xxx
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An ideal day by the sea….comradery and a lovely haiku 😉
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Thank you for your kind words Kathy :o) xxx
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It sounds so much like our Road to Hana – single track – sometimes we let others go by, sometimes they let us go. When we were all visitors, glad to do it for each other. It seems like you had a nice day!!
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Thank you Miriam, lovely to hear you have a similar road where everyone is glad to accommodate one another! :o) We had a wonderful day in the west and the weather was very kind to us all ;o) xxx
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Good to hear you had a wonderful day!
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☺💖 xxx
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🙂 🙂
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Nice story. flash of the lights normally works for me in the run up to a passing place. Funny to have both cars waiting peacefully. Beautiful Haiku.
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Thank you Paul! We and the Japanese visitors had spotted one another three miles earlier before we both disappeared out of view behind the mountain. We both guessed we might be meeting at a certain point around one of the many blind corners where the track zigzags for a couple of miles and were peacefully waiting either side of the same bend. Normally the flashing lights do the trick, this was a bit exceptional ;o)
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I always roll down the windows going by the ocean 🙂
Nice write!
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It is so good to roll down those windows 😉 Thank you for your kind words R.K. 💜
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Lovely as always, Xenia. Beautiful words and beautiful thoughts.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sascha 💖 xxx
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I enjoyed this short interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you kindly ☺
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Respecting Roads of Life
Paths Joining Hands
Love Journey off
to LiGhT oN
LiFE
sMells
FloWeRs
DancEs SinGs noW moRE
BeYoNd RainBoW ColoRs2..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD Fred, sending you love and smiles across the miles :o) xxx
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And words to
the likeS heAR
aS wELL mY FriEnd..:)
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☺💜🙋 xxx
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:)!
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I love the comparative imagery of your haiku Xenia, the images are superb as usual
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Thank you so much for your kind words Denis ☺
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We have a few passing places here in Donegal too! I loved your post and photographs.
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Thank you for your kind words Brigid, lovely to hear you have them too in Donegal! ☺
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What a wonderful post. I can just smell that sea and laugh with you at waiting !! Beautiful photos too. Have a lovely week all of you 🙂 xx
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Thank you for your kind words Judith, we wish you a wonderful week too ☺💖 xxx
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Had an experience similar to yours with Japanese visitors, when I was briefly a visitor to Japan in 1985.
Dignified Japanese businessman walking on narrow sidewalk sees me walking toward him and considerately moves to his right, knowing that most foreign visitors pass that way in their home countries. But I see him walking toward me and considerately move to my left, knowing that the Japanese pass the other way. So we are on a collision course, we see that at the same time, and we both move to the other side of the path at same time. After a few iterations, we are both standing still and laughing.
I do not remember which way we eventually passed each other.
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How wonderful, thank you for sharing this lovely story Barry :o)
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