I don't seem to remember Uglich. I left the photography to my friend. I do like to "soak up the atmosphere" of a place and not be too concerned about taking pictures. I think Uglich is the place where we saw a lady in pink singing on a bridge, which fortunately did not have any traffic going over it. She had a receptacle for donations. The only busker we saw in our entire journey. After this or before we went to Yaroslavl. This was an impressive town which is 1007 years old. It had many fine churches, also well laid out gardens. We saw bell ringing out of doors. The musician twisted strings around his fingers connected to the bells and deftly produced a faultless performance. I think it was also here that we heard male singers singing a capella. That was a delight and I bought a CD. I came out of the church where the singing was done and found I could not see anyone from my group but I looked behind me and there was our guide, obviously keeping an eye out for stragglers.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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