Walk together, make community

How long does it take for something to a be a tradition. For a good number of years now we have taken the opportunity every Holy Week to walk from Mytholmroyd to Cragg along the valley side. it's a great wak as it takes us past spectacular views of the old factories that litter the bottom of this early industiral valley. Factory after factory straddled the botom of the valley to harness the water power to make the power to create the fabrc that people wore. I imagine that they would be amazed now that the way we scratch our heads about how to make a carbon neutral manufacturing process. It's obvious really, use water, not to generate power but to directly power. As you walk the valley you can see that they reused this power in factory after factory.
Today, due to that very water we were unable to walk the valley route and instead walked up to the reservoir above the church at Cragg Vale. Children in buggies, dogs on leads, older ones with sticks, journeyed together as pilgrims to get out of the valley and look back. It gets things in perspective when you can cover up the church with your thumb. It was great to be together and the twenty five or so people who walked grew closer together and closer to that ideal of community we all work to achieve.
Tonight we meet with the community associaton in that same church, that is coverable by a thumb to try to create community.
If we could walk together a bit, maybe we will begin to create a community.