I've been walking.
During the past year most of us have. Exciting destinations like East Finchley, Friern Barnet, Bounds Green and Hornsey.
But what would have happened if I had just kept walking in one direction in a Forrest Gump-like fashion?
First, I'd have walked a long distance away, and secondly the results are, at best, mixed!
Heading East (for these purposes I can walk on water of course) I would be at MARIUPOL.
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Wikipedia says . . .
Mariupol lay within a broader region that was largely devastated and depopulated by the intense conflict among the surrounding peoples, including the Crimean Tatars, the Nogay Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and Muscovy. [More recently] The city was seized on June 13, 2014 by Ukrainian troops, and has come under attack several times since.
Is it Covid-safe?
Ukraine is not doing very well at the moment.
On the Plus Side:
It's by the sea!
On the Minus Side:
Russian border tensions are rising in the news this week.
Has it got a Football Team?
FC Mariupol haven't shaken the world, but are a respectable representative of a steelworks city.
Has it got a Baptist Church?
Ukraine has one of the largest Baptist communities in the world, and some remarkable churches. Here the link to one http://domboga.com/index.php/o-tserkvi
Prospects out of Ten:
Two. Based on the prospect of a walk with a Baptist pastor along the beach.
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