South West Coast Path: Lyme Regis to Teignmouth
The world from the train is without people. People have shaped the land but they are not in it. A patchwork of green, yellow and brown. Fields lined with hedges, […]
The world from the train is without people. People have shaped the land but they are not in it. A patchwork of green, yellow and brown. Fields lined with hedges, […]
I asked myself, “what next?” And sometimes “what’s the point?” Summer approaches its natural end. The temperature, finally, starts to drop. Darkness closes in. Leaves silently turn from green to brown. I’ve […]
I remember marching up the valley in the dark. The only light coming from the torches strapped to our heads. We came into the arena, found a seat on the […]
The road out of Sheffield climbs up and up, until you pass the last pub and the first millstone and then you’re in the Peak District. I’m wowing to a […]
Following the unexpected success of my coastal hike, the inevitable happened. I stopped. I justified the lack of activity as a well earned break, a break which started to feel […]
In the beginning there was only pain. My body adjusting once more. Everything seemed to hold and then it comes down to the simple act; move each foot forward. Life becomes […]
I stepped off the bus and onto the busy pavement of Lyme Regis’s high street. The old grey walls of the seaside town spoke to my eyes, in response I […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]