Breathing   S  p  a  c  e  s

I am lucky enough to live just a few hours’ drive from the Lower Engadine which is in the mountains at the far eastern end of Switzerland. Here the frontiers of Switzerland, Italy and Austria converge and the river Inn flows through on its way to Salzburg. Engadine means ‘garden of the Inn’ in the least-spoken of the Swiss languages, Romansch. Why a garden? The land is largely rock, arable land is often steep and difficult to work. The village houses, built big enough to shel

We wanted to share some beautiful images that people have sent of snow and ice that we have been treated to in 2021. The first images come from Anne W, both come from Alexander Park in Whalley Range, mcr. And further a field, from across over the Pennines in South Yorkshire, Tanya M sent these images from her walks on the moors:

Walking in the dusk, slowly, calming birds singing, fresh beautiful air, the odd dog walker joggers here and there, turned back seen the flats, turned back, in my fantasy world to feel free and not care, I’m blessed to have this in my door step Beauty everywhere. Images: Bernadette Ohanrahan

"I went to Daisy Nook. Walking through the trees on the hills on my own I felt I was drawing energy from all around me. I felt so relaxed. I was looking up into the sky, looking through the twigs and branches. I really felt connected back with nature. I didn't feel 100% healed of any distress but I just felt connected and had some sort of release. The weather was dreadful, rain was coming down, it was really muddy - I had to be careful where I stepped. But I came back feeling

I have been going for walks with my toddler in the early evenings to look for the moon. While the sun has been setting early it has been good to get wrapped up and go for wintery walks. My toddler is a bit moon obsessed and regularly looks for where it is in the sky at night. The city moon walks have involved finding out which roads have the best moon viewing spots. While on the walks we have come across other people who have been doing the same thing! Ending the walks