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Z-A: Zennor to Alverton, Cornwall

Beneath a Glowering Sky Here, at the ends of the earth, beneath a glowering sky we…


Fiona Egglestone


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Z-A: Zennor to Alverton, Cornwall

Y-Z; Yeo Lane to Zeal Monachorum, Devon

The road to Zeal Monachorum Fields and buds Lambs and mud Boots and flowers, Is the…


David Manderson


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Y-Z; Yeo Lane to Zeal Monachorum, Devon

X-Y: Xaverian College to Y Club, Manchester

Harmony in my head Universities, museums, hospitals, Roman foundations, world’s oldest railway station: all life is…


Stephen Barnaby


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X-Y: Xaverian College to Y Club, Manchester

W-X: | Wythenshawe to Xaverian College

Hardy’s Well Walking through a field in England, or what would have been, before the motorways,…


Sandy Wilkie


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W-X: | Wythenshawe to Xaverian College

V-W: Valley to Williams Street, Holyhead

Postcard from the edge Dear Mother, Greetings from Anglesey, the landscape is far removed from Phoenix!…


Sharon Jones


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V-W: Valley to Williams Street, Holyhead

U-V: Urgashay to Vagg Copse, Somerset

Sky and Water Helicopters buzzed, lambs put a skip in my step, birds sang. Enjoy, enjoy,…


David Mathews


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U-V: Urgashay to Vagg Copse, Somerset

T-U: Tolmachan to Urgha, Isle of Harris

Chasms Feet follow your ghost traces evaporating the map until only my outline is visible. Smell…


Clare Archibald


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T-U: Tolmachan to Urgha, Isle of Harris

S-T: Stoke Fleming to Torcross, Devon

Stoke Fleming to Torcross Sea is constant, caressing the sand, careless of leaping dogs, naturists, anglers,…


Caroline Lodge


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S-T: Stoke Fleming to Torcross, Devon

R-S: Rock to Seahouses, Northumberland

Rock to Seahouses Pilgrim and pillager you crossed my land, Building your dreams on my shifting…


Irene Lofthouse


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R-S: Rock to Seahouses, Northumberland

Q-R: Quaking Houses to Rowlands Gill

To Q from R, with love Quicksilver, my love, dances into daydreams While I rise and…


Michelle Nicol


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Q-R: Quaking Houses to Rowlands Gill

P-Q: Pirrie Park to Queens University, Belfast

Past Pirrie Park to Queen’s University: passed Protestant, passed Catholic, passed student ghetto diversity – The…


Therese Kieran


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P-Q: Pirrie Park to Queens University, Belfast

O-P: Overstrand to Paston, Norfolk

Overstrand to Paston I wandered, this night. And now the whispered charm of starlit seas is…


Merryn Henderson


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O-P: Overstrand to Paston, Norfolk

N-O: North Shields to Old Hartley, Tyne & Wear

The Cut Deep the cut for Hartley coal. A rocky island sliced, So ships could sail…


Michelle Nicol


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N-O: North Shields to Old Hartley, Tyne & Wear

M-N: Morebattle to Nisbet, Scottish Borders

St Cuthbert’s Ways he clung to his sea solitude his nest of stone the seabirds’ unerring…


Joan Lennon


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M-N: Morebattle to Nisbet, Scottish Borders

L-M: Llandegla to Moel Famau, Denbighshire

Land Lark-song-rise races Cloud-shadow-dance over greensward The West Wind cracks its cheeks Hawks spy the truth…


Ed Prichard


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L-M: Llandegla to Moel Famau, Denbighshire

K-L: Knighton to Lower Harpton, Powys

Requiem for the Static King (Part 2) Glyndwr gave me a false trail. Up through the…


Sandy Wilkie


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K-L: Knighton to Lower Harpton, Powys

J-K: Jericho to Kennington, Oxford

Oxford elision Lyra knew the two worlds, of course. Jericho’s synagogue and the Lebanese eyeing each…


Rebecca Dowman


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J-K: Jericho to Kennington, Oxford

I-J: Ilkley to Jack Hill, Yorkshire

Let’s move up north My love, we came here to seduce you, to loosen the South…


Emily Jeffrey-Barrett


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I-J: Ilkley to Jack Hill, Yorkshire

H-I: Hawkshead to Ings, Lake Windermere

Full Force Cumbria We set off with a spring in our step, or, rather, a beck…


Carol McKay


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H-I: Hawkshead to Ings, Lake Windermere

G-H: Grey Point to Holywood, Belfast Lough

Twin Protectors This tattered coastal hem of county Down, flanked by brazen homes Belies the rugged…


Gillian McKee


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G-H: Grey Point to Holywood, Belfast Lough

F-G: Feigh to Giant’s Causeway, Antrim

The Dream   Elemental forces forge a landscape To ancient volcanic design, Aeons of time and…


Aimee Chalmers


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F-G: Feigh to Giant’s Causeway, Antrim

E-F: Edinburgh to Fife, across the Forth

Maggie and Malcolm Concrete jumps below their feet Cables click beside them Cracks stopped by shaky…


Laura Clay


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E-F: Edinburgh to Fife, across the Forth

D-E: Dorking to Epsom Downs

A haze of idling engines, Electra-Glides in Blue, Then opened-throttle roars scutter up Box Hill, Echoing…


Sue Evans


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D-E: Dorking to Epsom Downs

C-D: Carnasserie Castle to Dunadd, Argyll

Carnasserie Castle After the unease the hotel, gashes in the woodchip, ceiling mildew and mouldy walls, it was a much needed…


Keira Brown


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C-D: Carnasserie Castle to Dunadd, Argyll

B-C: Boarhills to Crail, Fife

Around the nose of Fife From Boarhills our steps stitch a seam between inland golf greens…


Linda Cracknell


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B-C: Boarhills to Crail, Fife

A-B: Aymestry to Byton

Camera, action. Steep climb, slip, grasp stakes, barbed wire – won’t do that again. Level streamside…


Aidan Baker


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A-B: Aymestry to Byton
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