{"id":128,"date":"2026-01-03T21:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/?p=128"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:41:57","slug":"hello-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/hello-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This has been a long and busy year for The Mercian Pilgrim, I turned 50 and made it a resolution to visit as many new places as I could.  It&#8217;s safe to say that I hit that mark already, and still have till April!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of things went unreported and unfilmed, suffice to say that I had enough issues with time and mental energy in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56a869c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">My travels this year have covered a lot of ground, Avebury and West Kennet Long Barrow, Baddesley Clinton, The Rollright Stones (pictured), Gawton&#8217;s Well, Mitchell&#8217;s Fold, Titterstone Clee, Repton and many more places. It&#8217;s a privilege to be able to do this and a joy to stand in so many ancient places.<br><br>I have a few adventures to report on and more of them planned in the future. I am updating my YouTube channel again, the process of creating those videos using Free Software is a fascinating and rewarding learning process.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1330\" height=\"2364\" src=\"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4761.jpeg\" alt=\"The Rollright Stones, pictured through a hedge.\" class=\"wp-image-130\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4761.jpeg 1330w, http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4761-169x300.jpeg 169w, http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4761-576x1024.jpeg 576w, http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4761-768x1365.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4761-864x1536.jpeg 864w, http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4761-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1330px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">I have more to say on the subject of AI, after reflection and reading. More on that later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been a long and busy year for The Mercian Pilgrim, I turned 50 and made it a resolution to visit as many new places as I could. It&#8217;s safe to say that I hit that mark already, and still have till April! A lot of things went unreported and unfilmed, suffice to say that I had enough issues with time and mental energy in 2025. My travels this year have covered a lot of ground, Avebury and West&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/hello-2026\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"[]"},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,4],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-outings","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quietwatercourse.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}