Volunteering at "Tent of Nations" in the land of the prophets

I will simply paste Emma s e.mail that she wrote so beautifully to our "White Stone Associates" as those who are reading this blog are all friends. This is the Association that owns the land at Mount of Oaks, and are mainly friends and supporters from all over the world who either pray for us, contribute with donations regularly or occasionally, or live around MoO and are active participants in our many diverse activities. If you want to become an Associate get in touch through the link I have here on the left column, for Mount of Oaks website.

Tarbes, the Black Mountains and River Hérault

 

I'm in one more beautiful place, just before I entered a village called Sauve, on my way to Nimes. I expect to find a train to take me to Macon, from where I will cycle to Taizé. That's the only place now I want to visit on this journey in France, so I also hope I can get a train from Macon to Calais... I will see about that...I'm also hoping I will be able to cross the British Island as I didn't bring my passport, but that will be a story for another post... Hopefully a good one!

Euskadi, the Sea and the Black Mountain

 I absolutely fell in love with the Basque Country, or Euskadi, if you use the local language. The landscape was stunning, people were very friendly and warm, and I felt a sense of care, even passing by very industrial areas. Everywhere I passed was very bike friendly and made the ride through towns and even bigger cities quite easy. I cycled through a place called Aretxabaleta and it was very emotional for some reason.

On the way... Vitoria-Gasteiz

Finally I'm taking some time at a cafe, while charging my phone and having a coffee with a "pintxo"(tortilha) at the sound of some good heavy metal music at the "Etxe-Zuri" Restaurante from a small village called "Landa", near the big "Ullibarri - Gamboa" reservoir. It's a beautiful water feature and to honour the history and personality of the people of these lands I will remind us that these were built within 10 years, during Franco regime (1947-1957), with a very high cost for the local people, land and all the beings living in it who were flooded. You can read more on this picture I took in Vitoria-Gasteiz .