Category Archives: Camelot
The Forgotten Highway
Here’s what I call “a crazy caravan thought” as I continue to sit here in England, biding my time, waiting for the next opportunity to call: Is Canterbury now really (and perhaps ironically) like Camelot? A place slowly ceasing to … Continue reading
Beginning, Middle and End of The Road
The story that led to this blog, and possibly a book, began over 5 years ago, and on the day of the tube and bus bombings in London – the infamous 7/7/2005. It was then that I met a man called Dave Longley at a conference in … Continue reading
Epilogue: The Magical and Mystical Mystery Tour
Before people went on pilgrimages to Canterbury to see the shrine of Saint Thomas a Beckett, they went on pilgrimages to Winchester – and the saint at the centre of that was Swithun. Lovely Laura, the jazz singer, reminded me about that over breakfast that … Continue reading
Raising and erasing spirits
Seeing as I had not been able to get a booking at my first coaching inn in my last minute decision to follow up on my theory of the three days’ trip to Canterbury, I thought it was just going to be an … Continue reading
One Day’s Ride from London
What a difference a day makes! 24 little hours, or so the old song goes (and try clicking on this link to play this song as you’re reading this – as I am hoping you’ll find that that too makes a difference … Continue reading
The Film-maker’s Pilgrim Tale
So retracing my steps along this meta-physical road, from my start in 1991 with seeking a place that may never have existed (Camelot) to one that definitely has and does to this day (Canterbury), has left me wondering about what makes or made either road … Continue reading
The Resonance of Arthur
The majority of those travellers that I met in Winchester back then were fascinated by the legend of King Arthur. Similar to me, they had decided to start their journey in the ancient capital of England, but were as much … Continue reading
In the Beginning, there was the word
In the beginning, there was the word. How much different would history have been for the accolytes picking up on it, if that word was meant to be “good”, but was written down instead as “god”? How much difference would a letter make to what people would … Continue reading
The Beginning (Again) of Matt’s Tale
Prologue I cannot believe it. It’s five years on since I accidentally sent that email on New Year’s Eve to over 50 friends and family (and so there was no hiding from it). I had started writing it following an argument about what I really wanted … Continue reading
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