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  • Pink Ribbon Playlist...

    ... currently adds up to 40 tracks as follows:

    1. Adagio for Strings, Barber
    2. Believe, Yellow Card
    3. Brothers in Arms, Dire Straights
    4. Dignity, Deacon Blue
    5. Don't Stop Me Now, Queen
    6. Falling, Haim
    7. Flapper Girl, The Lumineers
    8. Gold, Spandau Ballet
    9. Happy, Pharrel Williams
    10. Heaven, Emily Sande
    11. High, Lighthouse family
    12. High Flying Bird, Elton John
    13. I will survive, Gloria Gaynor
    14. I'm gonna be (500 miles), The Proclaimers
    15. I'm still standing, Elton John
    16. It's a Long Way to the Top, AC/DC
    17. Laura, Bat for Lashes
    18. Lose yourself to the Dance, Daft Punk
    19. Man! I feel like a woman, Shania Twain
    20. Mr Music Master, Hoagy Carmichael
    21. My Friend, Groove Armada
    22. My love, Feat. Jess Glynne
    23. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
    24. Say Goodbye to Hollywood, Billy Joel
    25. Siyahamba, Alexander L'Estrange
    26. Step by Step, Whitney Houston
    27. Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald
    28. Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond
    29. Take me out, Franz Ferdinand
    30. These Boots were made for Walking, Nancy Sinatra
    31. Walk like an Egyptian, The Bangles
    32. Walk of Life, Dire Straits
    33. Walk on by, Dionne Warwick
    34. Walking on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves
    35. Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks
    36. We Built this City, Starship
    37. When the going gets tough, Billy Ocean
    38. When you're young and in love, Flying Pickets
    39. Wind Beneath my Wings, Whitney Houston
    40. You'll never walk alone, Jerry and the Pacemakers

    Should anyone feel a desire to suggest a song (or other item), irrespective of whether you have or haven't sponsored me, feel free to add the title and artist/composer in a comment.

    So far I've spent nearly £40 on downloads and raised about 40p via 'easy fundraising' for church too!

     

  • Singing in the Rain

    Well, walking in the rain with my MP3 player singing in my ears anyway.  A lovely walk from home to Glasgow Green along the Clyde followed by a roast dinner in Debenhams (other shops are available) before nipping into Paperchase (other....) to buy bits I need for tomorrow's service.

    I love urban walking because it allows me to admire the diversity of architecture and to see things I would miss if I was in a car, bus or train.  The Clyde Walkway has some wonderful things to see including this statue:

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    Bearing the inscription "it is better to die standing than to live forever on your knees" it commemorates Glaswegians who died in the Spanish Civil War

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    A cry for freedom, a desire to be fully alive, if only briefly rather than endure endless, dull existence.  So it is a cry of hope, a willingness to sacrifice, a daring to dream.  Powerful stuff.

    My walk was around about six miles plus a bit of shopping, lunching and then a train home, combining some errands for church, some leisure and some training for next month's Pink Ribbon Walk.  In some odd way, the words on the statue resonated with me as I tramped along the footpath... none of us knows how much life we have measured in hours and minutes, but we do have freedom to choose how we live it.  Singing in the rain seems a good choice to me!

     

    Photos borrowed from the web.