Ready Player One
Ocean blue. Slush puppy blue. Ice pack blue. Arctic blue. Only I suppose in this light, you’d call it turquoise. None of these thoughts crossed my mind while I stood […]
Category Archives: United Kingdom
Everything You Need
Following my mild panic and questionable lack of preparation, I found myself in central Wales. I sat in the boot of my car, coating my exposed pale skin with suncream. […]
How Late It Was, How Late
It’s been a record breaking year already. We’ve endured the longest January since history began. We had the hottest and coldest April in living memory. Somehow it’s May tomorrow. Remember […]
Into Thin Air
It starts in a car park under glacial blue skies. A knuckle of granite has punched through the summit of the hill across the road. Every step forward is the […]
In Cold Boots
My Uncle Tim and Auntie Jan were house sitting on the edge of the Dartmoor national park for the winter months. They are known throughout my family as being big […]
Metamorphosis
Another full rotation is complete, achievements and conquests enter the record books. People hesitantly ask whether you’ve made any New Year’s Resolutions, or worse “are you doing dry January this […]
This Is Not An Exit
People always talk about how wonderful the autumn is with its pumpkin spice, lattes and pies. For me it represents a more literal fall. The aroma of decomposing conker shells, […]
