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  1. A Longer War

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Authors / Stories / Books / Writing Following superb work by Julia P I have just finished amending the formatted manuscript she provided (some other errors I had already seen, plus a couple of revisions, a ...

    - 2017/07/19 - 5:17pm - 6 comments

  2. A Longer War 55

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 55 Pete was driving the bus the next morning, and I caught him giving me a sly look every so often, when he clearly thought I wouldn’t catch him at it, for he broke into a cheery smile eac ...

    - 2017/03/24 - 7:15am - 12 comments

  3. A Longer War 56

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 56 The bus was quiet that morning, Ashley seeming a little lost. Pete was driving, so I made my way down to where the young man was staring out of the window. He’d said nothing over breakf ...

    - 2017/01/14 - 8:01am - 10 comments

  4. A Longer War 57

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 57 Nobody said much at breakfast the next day, but we were all packed and ready to go. Pete had spent some time on the phone to the ferry company, and after he had explained the reason for ...

    - 2017/01/15 - 7:47pm - 6 comments

  5. A Longer War 58

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 58 Harwich was visible from a long way off, or at least the big white reactor dome at Sizewell. There was nothing really visible of England apart from the dome for what seemed like hours, ...

    - 2017/01/21 - 3:45pm - 9 comments

  6. A Longer War 59

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 59 I stepped aside to let people through, and Ashley handed me a couple of bottles. “Mr Barker, this is my fiancée Stacey” “How do, lass. Come on in. Ashley, go through to front room” “Not ...

    - 2017/01/28 - 1:35pm - 14 comments

  7. A Longer War 60

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 60 Ashley had been right, and there was no chance of a proper knees-up for the newly engaged, so we settled for a proper night in for the New Year. Work came back to haunt us, but in the e ...

    - 2017/02/03 - 12:07pm - 7 comments

  8. A Longer War 61

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 61 “What brought this on, Pete?” He was silent for just the few seconds it took me to realise how worried he really was. “Ah, Gerald, mate, it’s how he is. Bloody stubborn, pig-headed, ind ...

    - 2017/02/10 - 1:18pm - 7 comments

  9. A Longer War 62

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 62 I almost lost track of the year after that, for it was all rather an anti-climax following on from such events. We got some new boats in to replace some of the older cruisers, for the p ...

    - 2017/02/23 - 10:34am - 8 comments

  10. A Longer War 63

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 63 She stayed quiet for a while, just staring at the doctor’s letter, till I decided I had to break the silence. “Happen I’d better start looking at hotels down that Brighton, then” She lo ...

    - 2017/03/09 - 12:14pm - 8 comments

  11. A Longer War 64

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 64 I have never liked doctors. I don’t mean that I don’t like the people who do the job, as Julian and Charles clearly demonstrated. I just don’t like the places, the smells. That stay in ...

    - 2017/03/16 - 11:03pm - 7 comments

  12. A Longer War 65

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 65 I was really at a loss without her, and when Pete left shortly afterwards to take his boy down I was almost lost. It was an education, in a sense. I had spent so long on my own after Tr ...

    - 2017/03/24 - 7:06am - 9 comments

  13. A Longer War 66

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 66 Matthew’s voice was still strong, despite his years. Rodney had spoken, I had said a few words, but it was Matthew who delivered the message, in a parish church in West Sussex. “Friends ...

    - 2017/03/24 - 7:20am - 6 comments

  14. A Longer War 67

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER67 That was a conversation-stopper if ever I heard one, and even with Susie living under my roof I had difficulty putting together everything Pete was saying. It was the pronouns, really. T ...

    - 2017/03/25 - 5:15pm - 7 comments

  15. A Longer War 68

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 68 The floods weren’t bad that winter, but as usual customer numbers collapsed for a couple of months. We kept ourselves afloat by doing that for others, with a steady succession of boats ...

    - 2017/03/28 - 9:44am - 7 comments

  16. A Longer War 69

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 69 We didn’t see much of Pete for a while, and before I knew it Easter and its rush of tourists was on us. The older I got, the faster the years went, like water down a plug hole. Darren w ...

    - 2017/04/04 - 12:21pm - 3 comments

  17. A Longer War 70

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 70 He was blushing again, but there was a grin behind the lowered head and shuffling hands. “Yeah, can’t really hide that one, can I? We haven’t set a date, but, well, it was sort of obvio ...

    - 2017/04/24 - 11:09pm - 8 comments

  18. A Longer War 71

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 71 The rest of the interview was a bit of a blur, so I was surprised when it came to an end. Tom thanked us all and then one of his staff took us down to the staff canteen, where he joined ...

    - 2017/06/04 - 7:02pm - 4 comments

  19. A Longer War 72

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 72 That was a profoundly different experience to our earlier trip, and not just because the only real comrade I had with me on the second visit was Ernie. There was far more ceremony for s ...

    - 2017/06/25 - 5:08pm - 12 comments

  20. A Longer War 73

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Fiction Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 73 I ended up walking past my car, my mind elsewhere. As Susie would put it, I was on autopilot. I had wondered, I had worried, but even with Andy’s nagging I had managed to put it to the ...

    - 2017/06/30 - 7:45am - 8 comments

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