You may have
noticed that I tend to put loads of postings up at once instead of daily updates.
That’s because I’m writing most of this on the train up to and down from
London. Once I’m back home that may change.
I'm taking my laptop to London for creative writing as
well as emails etc. I could take the iPad but although that’s a lovely toy it needs a
separate keyboard if you’re going to use it as a writer and that kind of takes
away the point for me.
I’ve got work to
do as well – I’m ghost writing a book for a Kabbalist friend who has wonderful
theories and ideas but lacks the common touch when writing.
Given that the
train tickets at the moment are non-restricted and I’m arriving early at the
stations to get the first available train, I’m getting to sit at one of the two
tables in a carriage which means that there are people on the other side of the
table.
This has led to
some lovely conversations. Not bad for a hermit like me. On the way home last Friday I sat
with a lovely Devon farming woman who has been on archeological digs in the
Holy Land so we chatted horses, chickens, Judaism, Islam, Christianity,
Paganism and lifestyles very happily while also marveling at the flooded
landscapes we were crossing.
This morning
(Monday 17th February) my companions are a couple from 15 minutes
the other side of Okehampton. They got me a black tea from the buffet (this is
when I do miss cow’s milk but I’m getting used to it. I’m not really meant to
have tea either but bugger it) and we got onto discussing horses somehow.
And they have a
horse that needs exercising. It’s half an hour away and 15.2 hh which is
perfect for me. This is the third tentative offer of riding for me – the other
two were so helpful in making me feel happy last year but they came to nothing.
This one may well work. And I so love to ride. I must follow it up.
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