I wonder what possessed me to come here today. I have so many other, more important things to be doing today besides standing halfway up a hill on an irritatingly windswept Sunday afternoon. The stunning vistas? Well, maybe. The breathtaking sea air? Not so likely. The geographical value? Almost certainly not. No, it’s probably the … Continue reading Lulworth, Part Three: Child

She has seen him do this before, but she can’t shake the feeling that this is the last time. Finally, and with an excruciating sweetness, he stumbles down the steps and finds the door. He faces the other way, so she can’t make out his face, but she is pleased to imagine a smile, not … Continue reading Lulworth, Part Two: Woman

All he does is watch the endless timid advances and hasty retreats of the English Channel washing over the rocks of the bay which stand stalwart against the slow invasion of a liquid oppressor. He is keen to find solace in the waves’ repeated motion; he looks to the rocks for something which remains solid … Continue reading Lulworth, Part One: Man

As I stand at the platform edge, reflecting on the night’s events, I am struck by a wave of despair, or perhaps it is simply a wave of grit-filled wind battering against my face, which still wears a paralysed veil of shock. Perhaps both. How could I have done this? I think to myself in … Continue reading On the 22:43