October 2026 Round Up

The slide into autumn was a welcome one. The heat of summer now forgotten, the darkness fell quickly. The trees have erupted in flame colours, a beautiful show. Maybe it's Halloween or maybe it's this slide into the dark nights, but I read and watched a lot of horror this October. More on that later. Life I had ten days off work in the middle of the month, which was great. We went up to the Peak District and walked along Bamford Edge and through Chee Dale. It was very needed to spend some time in nature and escape for a bit. The Peak District is beautiful and I feel like we barely scratched the surface. After that, we came back home and I volunteered at Stroud's first poetry festival. There was a pretty good mix of different events and different voices. I even performed a poem in the open mic, for a first time in a long time. Then it was down to Hastings for a few days. My wife was doing a course and I had a few days mooching - reading books, writing, going to the sauna on the pier.…

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