So far, so ordinary; I'm sure most crew can relate. This trip, I was soon to learn, turned out to be quite different.
The hustle for happiness
If you subtract ‘wealth’ and ‘love’ from the picture, what is happiness? This abstract concept we all understand but not all of us experience.
Winter is coming
This feels like my cue to reflect on Becky Jo’s Great British Tour, which started in May and is now coming to a close.
Peaky blinders
They say that everything happens in threes and that three is the magic number. During my trip away in Groggy the campervan, this has certainly rung true.
Sister Act
By Day 4, we showed Wales that women who work together are a force to be reckoned with.
#VanLife
People I’ve met on the road, and those who have got in touch via the contact page, have asked me a few questions about life on the road and life in Groggy the campervan. So, for your convenience, I have compiled the answers in one place.
Tintern Abbey
Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Visiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 23, 2018.
An ocean of memories
It was the smell that affected me most. When I walked through that door for the first time in four and a half years, I recognised an aroma so familiar, yet so distant in my mind, that an overwhelming nostalgia was triggered.
Knickers
Within 15 minutes of us meeting, one had told me she was having an affair and the other admitted she never wears knickers.
Ghost in the machine
*Sharp intake of breath* -Dad, is that a ghost?!-
If you’re so inclined
Tilted poetry
And she flies…
Song and lyrics by Seth Troner