Saturday 2nd March 2024 Guidebook: 12.2 miles My Garmin: 14.3 miles Breakfast is delicious at the Chantry Hotel: fresh fruit with yoghurt and granola, followed by a full English, all…
Saturday 18th November 2023 Guidebook: 10.6 miles My Garmin: 14 miles (including labyrinth and getting a bit lost) After fuelling up with eggs and avocado on toast, I don my…
Friday 17th November 2023 My Garmin: 4.85 miles, including wandering around the town It’s been six months since the last day of my pilgrimage, which is a much longer gap…
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…
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…
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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