Landscapes of a life restarted
Just over a year and a half ago my life changed for good in an instant. I haven’t spoken publicly yet of the accident on the local col that so nearly claimed me, but anyone […]
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A moving and shameful place
Context is everything. Without it these huts’ history could be assumed benign. In contrast this is a sad and moving space. One of a shameful history. Left as memorial but too easily overlooked, perhaps conveniently forgotten. […]
Read MoreA village of 30 feels like metropolis next to one of 11
A routine but lovely bicycle ride ended one day as usual at home in my rural French village in the pre-Pyrenees as if it had been photocopied on 400%. This new home in a foreign […]
Read MoreA further challenge
The last year has been the challenge of this lifetime. I was involved in a cycling accident in July 2018 on a local col ten kilometres from home at the end of an all day […]
Read MoreStepping back in time for the day
Picture this if you will. Le Mans 24hr weekend. Setting off in the direction of Le Mans at breakfast, pulling in at tea time, but on a train. There’s something wrong with that in the […]
Read MoreHope
The British don’t tend to shout about things they’ve achieved. Not so much these days anyway. There’s a deep sense of a fall from grace about this little island and in some ways it’s justified. […]
Read MoreMiddleburn
We used to have mix tapes. Making a mix tape was an important thing. It could represent a number of things, love, friendship, meditation, company on the road, but it meant something. And it lasted. […]
Read MoreNever meet your heroes…wearing just your pants
They say never meet your heroes. When it’s said they should add that if you do though, you perhaps ought not really open your hotel room door to them at 1am wearing nothing but your […]
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