Kalanchoe Fingertips

My poem is featured in the latest issue of Visual Verse.

Above and beyond

I entered a mountain writing competition last month run by the John Muir Trust. The theme was ‘The day a mountain changed my life’ so my entry was probably a bit low key, but what can I say, that’s my style. (Actually, it’s a rewrite of a post I did a while back on hiking […]

Encountering the crest #1

It must have been 6am when I unzipped the tent, or thereabouts, judging by the grey light that draped across the mountainside. The two bodies that were crammed in next to me lay motionless, matted hair sprouting from the top of sleeping bags. I slipped on my boots and staggered out into the cool, morning […]