A nomad I will remain for life;

In love with distant and unchartered places. 

Isabelle Eberhardt 

Life is like a landscape,

You live in the midst of it but can

describe it only from the vantage

point of distance. 

Charles Lindbergh

Wilderness is not a luxury,

But a necessity of the human spirit. 

Edward Abbey

There are moments when all anxiety

and stated toil are becalmed in the

infinite leisure and repose of nature. 

Henry David Thoreau

A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories. 

Andy Goldsworthy

The path to inspiration starts 

upon the trails we've known, 

Each stumbling block is not a rock,

but just a stepping stone. 

Charles Ghigna

Pathways winding, ancient, worn,

Fading through the mist in the roaring wind,

Beautiful, bracing, solid, strong, 

A place to be, a place to belong.

Sue Cartwright 

Along the tramlines to the quarry,

Spoils tipped and tumbled into the valley,

A path winds down below the tor,

Birds chirping loudly to protect their young.

The view stretches a distance across the moors,

With its valleys and hedgerows and walls and tors,

The sun casts a glow on the trees and the land,

And the heart sings a song to be out in the wild.

Sue Cartwright

Heart shaped perfection growing so low,

Bilberry flower with a translucent glow,

Soon to be berries in the autumn sun,

Sumptuous for jams, jellies, syrups and rum. 

Sue Cartwright

We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know,

We have forgotten how to be,

To be still, to be ourselves, 

To be where life is here and now. 

Eckhart Tolle

If the map was true,

Somewhere high above the cliff 

at the valley's head must stand 

the secret door.  

J R R Tolkien | The Hobbit

They went in single file along the ledge,

till the wall opened and they turned

into a little steep walled bay, 

grassy-floored, still and quiet. 

J R R Tolkien | The Hobbit