The Swimming Pool Blue ripples on sun distort what I once thought as I swim through air. In Kanazawa we are inspired to swim but the pool is full of contradictions. You...
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Standing at the bus stop can take you off on flights of the imagination. Waiting for a Lakeland bus in Grasmere is more comfortable in the rain if you huddle under the...
Heard the one about The Queen’s Speech being delayed as the goat skin parchment won’t dry in time? I did. Is it the ultimate example of a Political Scape...
Toytown Osaka Midnight riverscape. Flyover transformed into night sky scalextrics. We touchdown in Osaka for our first taste of Japan and drive right into the heart of...
Instagram can be addictive. Processing apps can lighten, sharpen and dramatise everyday objects and activities and make them see that little bit more aspirational, while...
For tourists travelling in to Cumbria by train, the service from Oxenholme to Windermere provides the first glimpse of the Lake District. This is a short and scenic ride...
Gacha City Inside brittle shell of urban gacha gacha lies Kitty city. Our kids love Japan’s gacha gacha balls. These plastic shells with tiny toys inside are available...
It is no coincidence that people living in Scandinavian countries like Iceland believe in elves and magic. The limited daylight, the shapes in the rock, the silence and...
Have you ever seen a night rainbow? The Lake District recently created one, or in fact seven. Seven Nocturnal Rainbows for the English Lakes, a temporary light...
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Kirstie Pelling
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
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