{"id":1503,"date":"2020-08-15T10:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T09:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2020-08-15T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T09:47:26","slug":"from-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2020\/08\/15\/from-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"From the east"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wind from the east still. Also a large group of cyclists on the Trail coming from the east &#8230; very kind and considerate. I hope they had some fun &#8211; although cycling the opposite direction would be less fun, wind and slope against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s always a lot of variety to be had walking around here, from the damp and  slippery darkness of Old House Tunnel, to the airy walk back down the road through Padfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A brief glimpse of the white bottom of a bird as it flew away. It occurred to me that a white underneath would suit a bird that lives by coming down on its prey from above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1201-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1201-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1201-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1201-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1201-1536x935.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_1201.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>I&#8217;d just been walking on the Trail, site of the former railway which brought energy across the Pennines in the form of coal. Now the energy comes as electricity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We thank you God for the energy industry,<br>which helps us achieve so much more<br>than we can do by muscle-power alone.<br>We pray for your influence this industry,<br>because we want energy to be made<br>in ways that do not harm the planet,<br>and we want it to be used wisely and<br>for good, not harm.<br>God bless all our human relating<br>with your justice;<br>and with your care, honour and love<br>for people who are<br>poor or vulnerable.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wind from the east still. Also a large group of cyclists on the Trail coming from the east &#8230; very kind and considerate. I hope they had some fun &#8211; although cycling the opposite direction would be less fun, wind and slope against them. There&#8217;s always a lot of variety to be had walking around &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2020\/08\/15\/from-the-east\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;From the east&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}