The United Kingdom: Hell Is For Heroes
The bus is already at St Clements as I emerge from the side street. Early or late, never on time. “Shit,” I say out loud, eyeing a gap in the […]
The bus is already at St Clements as I emerge from the side street. Early or late, never on time. “Shit,” I say out loud, eyeing a gap in the […]
Winchester, then. The cathedral city. The gateway to the South Downs. How have I ended up here? Old mates Gavin and Nicola normally live here for some reason. Instead of […]
In the only howling day of rain on our holiday we’re in the car. We stop on the way North in Alnwick, where Autumn has most definitely arrived. We pull […]
The year slips in to the period where the clouds begin to look painted on. Renaissance skies stretch across the soft hills of my current world. We’re leaving in the […]
The car, christened somewhat ironically as Brutus, blows another leak in the coolant. It was my own stupid fault for taking it out on the hottest day of the year […]
I’ve got plans in mind. We’ve got a long weekend, maybe we could get out to the Ridgeway twice. Maybe, maybe, maybe. We’re also approaching the time of year when […]
Every time I tell my Dad it isn’t going to rain again until October I hope I’m wrong. I don’t want to die this summer. I want the 5-7 years […]
A year is no time at all and also a lifetime. The trail fitness I had when I got home is long gone. Edges softened. I finally put my almost […]
I keep telling myself I have to start. I booked a week off work to do the South Downs Way. I’m not ready, but there’s time. There’s always time. I […]
A pile of clothes lies untouched in the corner of my room. A year ago grows closer. I wake up to find the world is all highlights and shadows. The […]