21st May, 2020 – A Walk

Episode 45 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "21st May, 2020 – A Walk" was published on May 21, 2020 and runs 5 minutes.

May 21, 2020 ·5m · Marc’s Almanac

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Summary

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com With a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, A Walk. "My eyes already touch the sunny hill. going far beyond the road I have begun..." From the show: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje On this day: 21st May, 1894, Queen Victoria opens the world's longest river navigation canal, the Manchester Ship Canal On this day: 21st May, 1602, Captain Bartholomew Gosnold of Otley Hall, Suffolk, sights an unexplored coastline covered in wild grapes and names it Martha's Vineyard in memory of his daughter who had passed away Music to wake you up – Rainbow by Kacey Musgraves Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with extra historical tidbits and links when a new episode goes live at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm, and please keep sending in your messages and requests. You can leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message. If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me. Have a lovely day.

Episode Description

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

With a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, A Walk.

"My eyes already touch the sunny hill.
going far beyond the road I have begun..."

From the show:

Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

On this day: 21st May, 1894, Queen Victoria opens the world's longest river navigation canal, the Manchester Ship Canal

On this day: 21st May, 1602, Captain Bartholomew Gosnold of Otley Hall, Suffolk, sights an unexplored coastline covered in wild grapes and names it Martha's Vineyard in memory of his daughter who had passed away

Music to wake you up – Rainbow by Kacey Musgraves

Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with extra historical tidbits and links when a new episode goes live at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm, and please keep sending in your messages and requests. You can leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message.

If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me.

Have a lovely day.