a level results day
It’s A Level results day here in the UK, so students who are waiting to go off to University found out whether they would be going to their
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the murder mystery party
While we were on holiday we ordered one of those home detective packs where you are given some documents and you have to work out
Read More...Lonely roads
I went up to Yorkshire last week with the intention of doing a cross country run/walk. I only made it a third of the way before my feet
Read More...the ghost pier
The ghosts and ghouls swish through struts
Made of metal rusted with the homely age
Of Whitby wind and sea salt sting,
A million memories from the days of sailing ships
And ladies, promenading with parasols
Long gone, but apparitions still remain
Underneath the angry, rolling clouds.
limted bandwidth
I’m going on a really long solo hike this weekend and I’m really nervous. Every event I have done in the past has been well supported
Read More...the dodgy politician
He has a mask, a smile unnatural
In the way it fails to crack despite attacks,
He waves, but he seems so dead
Behind the eyes, like he’s realised
The mistakes he’s made but can’t admit.
I imagine a team of people in the background
Cringing as he stands for photos, trying
To make it look like he’s down with the kids,
Like he knows what it’s like to be one of us,
And not the son of a billionnaire.
internet shopping
I’m normally so economical with my money, but recently I’ve found myself getting sucked into internet shopping. It starts with just a Kindle
Read More...travelling by train
I’m going up to Lancashire next week and I’ve booked to go by train. It’s a four hour journey so I plan to listen to some audiobooks and maybe
Read More...buttered toast
I sometimes just like to pick something mundane and write about it. It really helps to get the creative juices flowing to let your eyes land on
Read More...the most unusual of narrators
I don’t think I’ve read a book that is from the point of view of anything interesting, or weird, or wacky – until now. I finally got round to
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