Light of heart

COMING down the mountain road
Light of heart and all alone,
I caught from every rill that flowed
A rapture of its own.

Heart and mind sang on together,
Rhymes began to meet and run

In the windy mountain weather
And the winter sun.

Clad in freshest light and sweet
Far and far the city lay
With her suburbs at her feet
Round the laughing bay.

Like an eagle lifted high
Half the radiant world I scanned,
Till the deep unclouded sky
Circled sea and land.

No more was thought a weary load,
Older comforts stirred within,
Coming down the mountain road
The earth and I were kin.
Enid Derham (1882-1941)

I did a detour coming back from Bantry, through Fahane and cross country. It's pretty wild and remote. Mind you so is the view going in - see extra - can you see the road?

Last night's film was just excellent - The Fencer .  A little nervous about seeing an Estonian* film ( scarred by Bulgarian and Romanian offerings) but it was superb in every way and not a dry eye in the house when the lights went up - rather too quickly! Based on a true story and set in early 1950s Estonian about a young man on the run from Stalinists who ends up in a run down school full of fatherless children. He decides to teach them fencing..... mesmerising performances, beautifully shot, goodness when all around was pretty awful.
* Actually I think it was Finnish.

Son#1 over for a few days tomorrow so blipping might be sparse.