Hiraeth is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation. It describes a longing or nostalgia for home or places of your past. A lot of my past was lived along this stretch of prom in North Wales. These days I mainly run along it, but it will always remind me of the heady… Continue reading Hiraeth
London Docklands
Southbank Book Market with the National Theatre and British Film Institute in the background. One of the best parts of town to laze away a Sunday. Except today when it was at 7.5 miles of a 12 mile run. No mooching for me today!
I just flicked open Facebook to find one of those Your Memories posts. The caption on the memory from two years ago reads ‘Running in Lazienki Park…makes a change from Dulwich Park’. That made me chuckle because 10 minutes ago I plotted this morning’s 11 mile route and it includes a loop of Dulwich Park.… Continue reading Lazienki Park, Warsaw
Crystal Palace Bowl: scene of many hedonistic concerts during the 1970s and early 80s, and the venue for Bob Marley’s last ever London concert on 7th June 1980. Not bad for a suburb…
A bright crispy cold morning for speed work in the park. The best kind of winter morning! The ground beneath my feet was decorated with frost and gleaming in the weak sunlight.
Tbilisi, Georgia.
Brockwell Park. Rain. Happy!
