Adverse Camber : An incomplete walk to the seasideWalking a road from origin to end-point was difficult enough Ð but it may have seemed a little out-of-character too. After all, it would necessitate my engaging with open countryside Ð terrain to which I was unaccustomed and ill-equipped for walking. However, it felt like a project worth undertaking Ð not least because the road was there to be walked. And so, on a blustery but strangely warm December morning, my trudge beganÉ |
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