My retreat is over and I’m at home again, and luckily my journey did not get impacted by Storm Austin, although my train from Chester was heaving because other trains were cancelled and people needed to re-route via Liverpool. Our neighbour’s whomping willow is doing a whirling dervish dance, our swamp cypress is flinging off… Continue reading A Place To Write
Month: October 2026
Discovering George Eliot
I am busy dabbing the edges of my nostrils with Vicks and drinking some honey, turmeric and lemon concoction. I should have been going for a walk in Hawarden with my walking group but have given them a pass on picking up my lurgy by staying at home. Current Reading Current accompaniments This means that… Continue reading Discovering George Eliot
Brimstage Parkrun
Of course, I got lost getting there, so of course I was late. I was greeted and directed by the waiting marshals, the latter of whom warned me that the runners were about to start. They were not wrong. I was almost mowed down in the final hundred yards by a stampede of shoes. I… Continue reading Brimstage Parkrun
Cardiff Half Marathon
We can see the pacer flags for a 2:30 half marathon and think to squeeze closer to them. It’s difficult because the throng of runners and civilians presses us in. Some of these non-runners look like shocked shoppers who have come out of the coffee shop and then nearly been pushed back in. Mostly they… Continue reading Cardiff Half Marathon
