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15th November 2021 · by Denis · in Field Notes

A 9.5 mile circular run from the dene to crumbling cliffs and back again along the Avenue path.

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19. 09. 21

10th September 2021 · by Denis · in Field Notes

A 10 mile run from Wooler, following rough tracks towards Yeavering Bell.

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Local Ground

9th September 2021 · by Denis · in Field Notes

Running, sometimes walking

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Salvaged

6th June 2020 · by Denis · in Salvaged

Cold grey wind blown day
Surging sea

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Salvaged

6th June 2020 · by Denis · in Salvaged

Standing in front of you in that hot and airless room, your frightened uncomprehending eyes unnerved me.

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Salvaged

6th June 2020 · by Denis · in Salvaged

Curious, how people flit in and out of memory, sometimes a vague insubstantial presence, at other times crystal clear.
There was about him a brittle dangerous energy not quite contained, forever threatening to erupt, spill over into aggression and violence.

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Salvaged

6th June 2020 · by Denis · in Salvaged

Beach combing
Whitley Bay beach
Brighton beach
2002

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Salvaged

6th June 2020 · by Denis · in Salvaged

‘Choose a good flat stone, like this one. Weigh it in your hand, feel how it sits between finger and thumb. Now aim low, catch the water a glancing blow.’

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Salvaged

6th June 2020 · by Denis · in Salvaged

Beach combing

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Salvaged

6th June 2020 · by Denis · in Salvaged

It began like this.
He was sixteen, maybe seventeen, and determined to go to sea, sail across the Atlantic to see his brother in Chicago. 

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