by clarionbear | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kindness, Always Kindness The first of two beautiful films from professional film maker Nick Morgan, following Clarion and Bamber from their home in Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire. Bamber reads the dedication with which the walkers start each day. Huge thanks to...
by clarionbear | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 9 – Garstang to Lancaster Yesterday afternoon when we’d finished our Bear work, but before I turned off the tracker on my phone, I walked out onto a sports field near where we were staying. I walked around, seemingly randomly and much to the bemusement of...
by clarionbear | Oct 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 8 – Lostock Hall to Garstang This was the first wet day and we had to walk along the A6 from Preston to Garstang with the traffic swishing past us for hours. In the wet those tyres are very loud. A varying, smallish group of pilgrims slogged along with us. And...
by clarionbear | Oct 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 7 – Appley Bridge to Lostock Hall My plan was to set out on this adventure without a support person with a vehicile. What madness that would have been! Luckily my dear friend Kusumeh came along for one of the trial walks to test bear carrying techniches and...
by clarionbear | Oct 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 6 – Rainhill to Appley Bridge My original plan was to take Clarion on footpaths, bridle paths and tow paths, keeping away from roads as much as possible. But as I’ve written before, we’re finding that hard to do because he’s such a big lad. So...
by clarionbear | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
day 5 – Kingsley to Rainhill The generosity of strangers… This bizarre mission I have set myself – getting Clarion to Cop 26 – is an experience of a lifetime. I am continuously knocked over by people’s generosity. Yesterday afternoon we...
by clarionbear | Oct 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
day 4 – Bulkely to Kingsley Each day when the helpers have gathered, we start with a dedication. It begins: Respect the Bear. Respect drivers, who we are inconveniencing. Respect each other… And it ends: So now let’s take a moment to remember why...
by clarionbear | Oct 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
21 miles – our longest day After the buzz of yesterday with a crowd of helpers, today was much quicker. We found out yesterday that with a 10ft high bear on a platform – making him 13ft high – it’s not possible to walk on footpaths due to...
by clarionbear | Oct 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Joy and laughter… Walking 14 miles in a day is quite hard work, but there is so much friendship, joy and laughter that it outweighs the sore muscles. We started from Longden with a big crowd and had to walk in the road with lots of rush hour traffic trying to...
