This long post comes after a long gap in writing. I will soon post an update for the actual Arclight Project. But for now, I hope you enjoy this story about how I ended up staying with the friendliest fascist in Europe during my adventure on the TET. The next morning I rose before sunrise […]
Euro Adventure Part 2: Finding the Trans-European-Trail
With the negative thoughts of the first days spun, softened and dried along with my clothes, I had an open mind to meet the road ahead of me. The bike felt good and I rode fast out of the Paris on a quiet Sunday morning. Josephine’s goodbye could be heard reverberating through the Parisian streets, […]
Making Sense Of Negative Feelings – A Children’s Poem
“I find myself with myself more than ever before. Really, truly, responsible for my life and therefore the only one accountable for my shortcomings. I have come short on many an occasion. But remind myself, I should, or could, or may as well, That life is a lesson. It is a class only passed if […]
Euro Adventure Part 1: Le Grand Depart with Wet Pants
I rode away from my home in Hereford with my beloved family and closest friend stood on the drive waving me goodbye. A strong feeling of apprehension swirled with determination and excitement in my belly. The rolling hills and expansive green spaces of Herefordshire, graced by the light from which the golden valley derives its […]
Arclight Project Update: Where are we now and Where to next?
Hello everyone. Some time and many things have passed since the last time I wrote in this blog. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that the world has changed. This is true not only systemically speaking, but on an individual level for so many people. Myself included. In May I rode my motorcycle […]
Stories of Intensive Care Nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic
This an account written about my time working in ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The events are described almost exactly I experienced them. These are not exceptional stories. For those working in Intensive Care medicine, walking on a knifes edge with death at one side and life on the other is an everyday occurrence. These […]
The Saga of the Stolen Motorcycle
My beloved motorcycle, Josephine Honda, was stolen on my second night here in Leicester. Young hooded gremlins with wretched craftiness broke into the garden of the residence I was staying in. These Bad Boys, probably fuelled with monster energy drink and vape smoke, hot wired the bike and joy rode it through the streets of […]
Postponing, not moaning
Dear All, Its the 1st of May and instead of running into the North Sea to greet the rising sun over the first of the Scottish summer skies, I am writing this blog post. ‘May Dip’ would have been a much milder swim than the bold times we braved the sea on February’s frosty mornings […]
COVID-19 and Bionics
Hello there my friends. We are in an unprecedented time of chaos. The library from which I write is pretty much empty. It’s very eerie and everyone has one thing at the forefront of their minds. Much like the day following Brexit (will never forget mum wailing at 5 am the morning of my final […]
Riding the Road to Sight: Bold Beginnings
Yes hello there! Welcome to the Arclight India Project. It is a special feeling of excitement to launch the website publicly after months of preparation. From its beginnings in August, I have been making the necessary connections in India to make this project possible. There have been times to delicately navigate and slink around awkward […]