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Friday 5 July: Stair Inn to Isle of Arran I am woken up by the sight of the sun shining through my bedroom window. Turn on the TV and am rather amused to see that it is pouring with rain at Wimbledon. Large cooked breakfast, a good ride to Irvine, then a cycle path toContinue reading “Bike Ride – Part 3”

Five minutes after we arrived at the hospital, he yelled his way into the world. My firstborn. The realisation – something had arrived in my life, that I had wanted forever. I gazed into his old, young face. ‘The child is the father of the man’. A piece of doggerel I had always thought-It hadContinue reading “Completion”

This blog will soon house some of Jim’s other writings – from poems, to short fictional stories, to extra bits that didn’t make it into ‘Travels With My Tuba’! Stay tuned for updates…