Alfred Watkins truly understood

 If you haven’t been interested in UFOs and the Supernatural when you are in your early teens what were you doing with your life?  Admittedly the 70s were a golden age for wondering if Aliens had really built the Chiswick by-pass and if you could sharpen the top of your pyramid if you put it near some razors.  Among these things which seemed to make the world a jolly bit more interesting than ‘Songs of Praise’ or Petrol Price rises, Ley lines stand out as among the more playfully interesting.


Forward to 1984 and a friend is doing something on them for his Geography Degree.  He tracks down ancient sites in North Staffordshire which all seem to be linked.  He then got someone to create a computer programme to create random points [it was 1984, give us a break.]  The leyline was straighter than the random points!  Oooh eee oooh eee.  As he said, we need to do this a thousand times more to check.  Others have.  This in turn has created a lot of heat but true believers.




I have a new use for the term Ley Line.  A Ley Line is something which connects two things which have a superficial similarity but, in reality, as not connected.  So here is today’s Ley Line. I like walking. I am about [at time of writing] to do a 1716 event.  It is in London. In 1716 John Gay wrote a poem called ‘Trivia - or the art of Walking the Streets of London.’  It is very, very long.  Here is a bit of it:



‘THUS far the Muse has trac’d in useful Lays,

The proper Implements for Wintry Ways;

Has taught the Walker, with judicious Eyes,

To read the various Warnings of the Skies.

Now venture, Muse, from Home, to range the Town,

And for the publick Safety risque thy own.’



We are passing the Estadi dels Quatre Camins today. It gets 3.9 stars. Reviews are often unworded.  Some comment to the fact their son plays football there.  Vincente said ‘It has some tortilla sandwiches with sausage 💫💫💫💯💯 super!! Effective service, easy access. …



On, passed the ‘you will take notice of the mini-roundabout’ and on to the oddly














cobbled concrete roadway of the rural hinterland and day’s end.


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