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I arrive back home 30 Sep 2010 | 06:31 am
I get followed by straw through the house, like a slug does by slime. Camping, ugh, and drinking, ugh. I am weary. I bet you aren’t able eat ten slices of cake in a row, The Otter had wagered, flash...
The Polymath 29 Jun 2010 | 12:38 pm
My friend reaches across discipline, plucking ideas, events and folklore at will to pepper his conversation. Listening is a pleasure, contributing is daunting, and I wish I could make notes so I could...
Snip 2 Jun 2010 | 09:29 am
The slow moving traffic is afforded a grandstand view from which to inspect proceedings, as Darren leans over the railings outside The Saracen's Head [my apostrophe] and vomits onto the road. I wait ...
Sticks & Stones 23 Mar 2010 | 05:19 am
"Ow," I mutter as I fiddle in the dark with the lock on my hut’s door. I have walked back from a bar where I’ve watched No Country For Old Men, and I felt some affinity as Llewelyn Moss drags his bat...
Shed 2 Mar 2010 | 08:05 am
"You are 15lbs lighter," my futuristic scales announces,* and I clasp my hands in a fist and shake them in above my head in triumph. It is the lightest I have been since I was a 21-year-old lad with n...
Prang 11 Feb 2010 | 09:11 am
"I just fucking crashed my fucking car into a fucking bollard," I say as I enter the changing room, slamming my kit onto a bench. "What, those ones as you come into the car park?" Darren asks, fumblin...
Wear & Tear 25 Jan 2010 | 01:10 pm
From the top deck, we track the advance of the bus as it wobbles and weaves up Whitehall , the midsummer rising sun starting to glint on the very top of Big Ben’s spire, the sky a heady mix of brigh...
Solstice 2 Jan 2010 | 09:22 am
I tuck into my third pint of Staropramen, and feel all becoming right with the world and warmth returning to my aching feet. We sit in the Red Lion at Avebury, having earlier spent three hours outside...
Target Practice 4 Dec 2009 | 09:24 am
I stand by the water's edge, focusing on nothing and everything. I don't quite know what that means, but it is during fishing trips that I try out my metaphysical skills for size. A promised trip to s...
Megalith 21 Nov 2009 | 02:15 pm
We weave into a damp Avebury, my stomach still churning slightly from beer and whisky from the night before. It is Sanhaim – Hallowe’en if you prefer – and the village is packed. Hippies, Druids, Crus...
