I drove down from Bristol to France with the girls over a Friday and Saturday. The husband needed to be in Wales for work at the start of the following week so a girls-only road trip was the go. Naturally it was the day before that I finally thought about the sat nav. I mean, I'd … Continue reading Girls only road trip
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Long Hand
Long hand.I am returning to writing in it. Today I decided to pick up my pen again. To write long hand.Long hand is the long, slow way. The long way round. Travel for the sake of travel. Journeying for enjoyment. Taking time. The long hand of the clock moves slowest, but marks the greatest measure … Continue reading Long Hand
Chapter 2 DIDAKOI DREAMING : Part 1
The next two days were lost in a blur of jet lag and sleep. Somewhere amongst it all was a vague recognition that things were not as they should have been in the weather department. The sun was high in the sky on the first morning when I rose in our city centre hotel and threw … Continue reading Chapter 2 DIDAKOI DREAMING : Part 1
Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 9
Our copious bags picked from the conveyor, we bundled our trolleys in a daze to immigration, only to be faced with a long queue; a confused and slow-moving posse it would take an age to process. We dutifully stood in line, perched wearily on our luggage wondering whether our friend Bridget would be waiting in … Continue reading Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 9
Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 8
The weeks that followed were filled with nervous energy. As soon as I heard the mail drop into the lobby three floors below, I’d run down the stairs, hoping against hope for an envelope with “New Zealand Immigration Service” stamped on the front. The days were spent chasing up bits of missing paperwork required for … Continue reading Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 8
Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 7
It was the year two thousand and the economy was taking a dive, companies were being taken over left, right and centre and redundancies were rife. James’s small investment bank was bought out by a larger one; suddenly he found himself jobless. Furnished with a little spare cash and a lot of spare time it … Continue reading Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 7
Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 1
Coldly damp and greyish yellow, my skin in the mirror of the cramped lavatory space seemed to me to epitomise the life I’d left behind. It had that pulpy quality that skin deprived of fresh air and daylight soon assumes, as though if touched it would come away in my fingers. Stale, dull, flacid and … Continue reading Chapter 1 DISCOVERY: Part 1
About this blog
I've set up this blog as a place to share my writing.In the first instance this will be a 'chunk by chunk' posting of my book 'Jumping Off The Edge Of The World'.In 1999 I threw in the towel on a relationship and my job and blew the deposit I'd saved for a flat in … Continue reading About this blog
Jumping Off Books 