SWCP – Porthcothan, February 8th 2025

It’s almost three and a half months since I was last here. It’s not that I don’t like walking in winter. I love it, unless it’s heavy rain but other things have been happening and hey, as always, what’s the rush? At my girlfriend’s house I have a favourite mug with a picture of aContinue reading “SWCP – Porthcothan, February 8th 2025”

SWCP Griffin’s Point to Porthcothan, October 29th 2024

Here I am still staring at the sunbeams that lance downwards onto patches of Towan Head, the small finger of land that points out to sea west of Newquay, the green of the land brighter inside those shafts of light. I think back to Newquay and the empty road train rumbling along the High Street,Continue reading “SWCP Griffin’s Point to Porthcothan, October 29th 2024”

Suffolk Coast Path – Dunwich to Walberswick Reserve June 8th

After a crazy few days in Somerset, Bristol and London, once again trying to sort out my flat (in London) I return to Suffolk. All of this movement is highly irregular and irresponsible in the present climate. Everything about today is grey. The sky. The sea. My mood. The start point is St James Church.Continue reading “Suffolk Coast Path – Dunwich to Walberswick Reserve June 8th”

Suffolk Coast Path – Iken to Snape January 19th

After the closeness of the trees in Tunstall Forest, I feel a sense of relief – a sigh inside – as I see the openness of sky and space and in the distance, water. I’ve been here before. An old friend of mine lives across the water from here in the house that he grewContinue reading “Suffolk Coast Path – Iken to Snape January 19th”