Tuesday 18th April 2023 Guidebook: 10.5 miles My Garmin: 11.3 miles Day two of my walk to Walsingham takes me from Waltham Abbey to Stanstead Abbotts in Hertfordshire. I need…
Sunday 5th March 2023 Guidebook: 17.7 miles My Garmin: 19.5 miles I take the train to Fenchurch Street station to begin my London to Walsingham Camino on a chilly Sunday…
London to Walsingham Camino. I saw the book in the gift shop and knew I wanted to do it. Walsingham is one of my favourite places. A sleepy English village…
The foetal curl of your spine And your silky, floppy head Warm in my hand. Slate eyes blinking open, unfocused, Onto the blur of the world, You hiccup and yawn…
The best part of my day is in the early morning. I got into the habit of rising early when the children were small. It was the only time I…
I visited a nuclear power station last week. We were on holiday in Suffolk, and the weather was uninspiring. Being science geeks, we headed to Sizewell B to check out…
People say I’m crazy, but I love swimming outdoors. Preferably in a lake, or a river, or the sea. It might be a bit chilly, or muddy, but nothing beats…
D’you ever feel like you’ve got knots in your life? Not nice, tidy functional knots like the ones Boy Scouts tie. I’m thinking about big, gnarly, lumpy knots. The sort…
Warning: this blog and the poem it includes may upset some people. Abortion has been in the news recently, with plenty of people sharing their opinions on my social media…
These are worrying times, aren’t they? Since Putin started rattling his nuclear sabre, I've been struggling with war anxiety. I’ve had some difficult nights, tossing and sweating and waking up…
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