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On a ten mile meandering walk.

26th November 2019 · by Denis · in Field Notes

This landscape, rough pasture, flooded fields, flashes forming where ground is subsiding. Skirting a lake where the path should be.

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On a turning tide.

26th November 2019 · by Denis · in Field Notes

On a turning tide.
Watching sand slipping back under the sea.
Young black headed gulls feeding on the shoreline.

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A Thoughtful Gesture

16th November 2019 · by Denis · in Field Notes

eventeen wooden benches clamped to concrete bases, set along the gravel path. They all share the same view; causeway, island, lighthouse, off shore wind turbines.

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Walking the Dog

10th April 2018 · by Denis · in Field Notes

Remaining bitterly cold, with raw easterly winds continuing to bring in scattered blustery snow showers from the North Sea… Not the best of days to be out, but then the weather rarely stopped him. It’d…

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Relics

3rd March 2018 · by Denis · in Field Notes

Going for a stroll, that’s what we did, come fair or foul weather. The dog needed his walk, whatever. And this was the game. Stop. Close your eyes. Tell me what you hear. The wind…

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Low Tide

3rd February 2018 · by Denis · in Field Notes

Picking up a pebble, round and smooth, sand clinging to its wet surface. Rubbing it between fingers and thumb, I drop it into my coat pocket where it will probably stay. The promenade’s quiet today, the small skate park, busy.

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Room With A View

25th October 2017 · by Denis · in Promenade

Cold morning light. Runners, dog walkers, people on their way to work passing shelters already vacated. Sleeping bags, carrier bags, hold alls stowed under benches. Apart from one shelter.

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On the Prom

12th October 2017 · by Denis · in Promenade

Your voice drifts across the rectangle of decking where I’m sitting, between the café and the beach.‘Ok darling. Yes, of course you know what you’re doing, but I just-‘You place the mobile on the table, cradle…

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Temporary Measures

13th September 2017 · by Denis · in Promenade

There is no other life but this, that’s what he thinks. What he says is this.

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Stranded

13th September 2017 · by Denis · in Promenade

Stand on a crack break your back stand on a line break your spine stand on a nail you go to jail…

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