ByJulia Chi
An alarm at 4.40am did feel a little early… But Anadi and I are used to quite regular ‘mad o clock’ get ups, and it is also fun… We stepped out quietly into the night, no sign of the dawn… But as we drove, it started to streak its way across the sky in grey…
ByJulia Chi
Cream teas are becoming a thing of magic for me… In the last month I believe I have enjoyed more delicious scones laden with ‘extra cream please’ and jam, than in the last few years! They seem to have a celebratory quality, and ooze generosity of spirit and fun with each extra dollop of clotted…
ByJulia Chi
I rose early and set off on another shiny sunny September sojourn alone in the lanes, the acorns and mulchy leaves, branches, gravelly gnarly asphalt making me very glad I had chosen to wear my skinner socks… I padded round the lanes feeling a little like I had forgotten to put my shoes on; but…
ByJulia Chi
Another golden day dawned… Anadi came with me today, and because my feet felt a little tender from yesterday’s ouchie run, I was keen to stay on the softer terrain… We ran up the drive, to the long grassy muddy hill behind the church in Buxted Park, which leads to the lakes. As we approached…
ByJulia Chi
The day dawned sparkly bright… I let myself out of the french windows onto the long lawn in front of Buxted Park hotel…A spectacular September morn; the dew was soft sharp cold on my feet… I padded round the back of the building, trotted slowly up the drive and into the country lanes, dappled in strobe…
ByJulia Chi
I am sitting in the crystal bar at Buxted park, it is cozy warm here… Outside the rain is pouring down; it has a winter feel to it… And yet this morning the day dawned fresh and clear, sunny bright over a sparkling sea. The tide coming in slowly of the wet black seaweed stones….
ByJulia Chi
We are on the road again… We dropped our key in with our landlady and chatted awhile with her and her husband before we left… ‘You are the talk of the town in your bare feet’ they laughed… I forget that communities are small, and they talk, and that a woman running about in the…
ByJulia Chi
I enjoy writing in coffee shops; it was always my dream in the past to spend my time in cafes writing all day. In fact it was a dream I live out a lot… Writing anonymously with folk around me. Anadi likes to work in silence, I believe the work of a computer programmer needs…
ByJulia Chi
The day was grey and a little chilly, rain hanging in the air… I didn’t feel much like leaving the cosiness of our cottage, but I remembered the techniques of going running ‘whatever whenever’, that I had adopted over years of living in the UK… Just step out of the door… Step over any resistance,…
ByJulia Chi
I have just eaten the most delightful delicious scrumptious piece of pecan and orange polenta cake, accompanied by a flat white made with organic coffee… I have also had a wonderful conversation with Louise, who brought me my cake and coffee… She is a counsellor and a photographer, and I loved sitting enjoying the deliciousness…
ByJulia Chi
What a brilliant day, rich with experience and fun, sisterhood and connection… I turned up at the gym to run, because it was raining again outside…! Anadi commented earlier today that we have become ‘sensitised’ again to English weather ? When we lived here we were more like other English people, and very accepting of…
ByJulia Chi
Today was a more clement outing, the sun shone and the wind had abated… I chose to run around the edge of a football field I had discovered yesterday, smooth green springy grass… Anadi came with me and we ran together the mile down the road to the field… A sign on the edge of…