When I grow up (I will be happy)
When I grow up I will have a pony and it will let me ride on it and play games with it and it will wear armour When I grow up I will be...
Author: richardmapes
Three Men On Tour: 10
For such a sleepy idyll, the Cotswolds is an unlikely scene for war and bloody conflict. Yet, in the 17th century it was the battleground for much of the English Civil War. No one...
A Sleeping Dragon
Picture a clearing. Picture a small moment of sunlight in the forest, light slanting down through the trees. Picutre a swamp, surrounded by bushes, where crickets chirp and flies buzz. It smells of swamp....
Three Men On Tour: 9
The next three days passed in somewhat of a blur. Alicia was acting oddly. I kept on finding her looking at hotels online for instance. When I asked her if she was hoping for...
A Breath Of Fresh Air
Ungh … Ungh. Hurts. … Throat hurts. Tired. Feel strange. … I’m lying on my back. Head hurts. Chest feels odd. Teeth feel like they belong in someone else’s mouth. Consciousness comes in waves....
Three Men On Tour: 8
Of course, Jamie was easy. The real challenge lay at home. The next morning, I decided to raise the subject over the breakfast table. “So I got another email from Harry yesterday.“ “You spend...
Alchemy
You could tell he was an alchemist by the lack of eyebrows and a slightly scarred look around the temples. You could tell he was an unusual alchemist by the fact that he didn’t...
Three Men On Tour: 7
After three articles, two cups of coffee and one trip to the loo, I found myself standing outside of Jamie’s door. “Come in,“ he called, motioning me over while he finished a couple of...
The Tunnel
You could barely see it through the grass. Gunmetal sucks in the light and, if I hadn’t tripped over it, I probably would never have seen it myself. As it was, I found myself...
Three Men On Tour: 6
I sat in the office and tried to concentrate on the article. Things had progressed. While we hadn’t quite managed to budge George on the idea of the Cotswolds, Harry had been adamant that...
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