Gigs were ferrying people to the island, their small sizes requiring Gillian and Petroc to go separately from them. The previous day and night’s cold front had pushed on inland, leaving a cool but fine [more…]
Allendale is a small market town, high in the North Pennines, some 10 miles south of Hexham. Only accessible by rough B roads, it is not en-route to anywhere in particular, so is isolated and [more…]
GOOD FRIDAY Ten minutes from the farm, the sun sinking in the west, the American girl dozing on the back seat, at least she wasn’t arguing now. If Helena hadn’t gone with him to [more…]
You probably know the classic vegan joke, why did the vegan cross the road? The answer is, of course, to tell you that they are a vegan. Yet there is so often truth in jest, [more…]
ACT 3 SCENE 4 A Rock on a snowy Mountain, overlooking the Chankly Gorge in the Valley of the Drongo. Enter FELIX and VISCUS.
Well, he had made the last train back from Brussels to St Pancras; that was one of the few things about the day to give him any satisfaction. Following the previous week’s meeting, he had [more…]
By now, they were on top of the bell tower looking over the eastern half of the island, just below the level of the walls of the fort on the slope above. Market gardens and [more…]
Photo by Newtown Graffiti on Flickr Fundamental to free speech is the right to criticise. It may seem a small thing but it is vitally important. Try living without it. To be able to say, [more…]
IT PAUSES, MONDAY BEFORE EASTER, HOLY WEEK An early morning start for the whole household, Martha, Iltud, Sally, Josey, Narin and an insistent Sam, who refused to be left behind; fresh clothes, big breakfasts, [more…]
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