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Once the domain of the middle-aged man in green wellington boots, smoking a woodbine, and brandishing a tartan thermos flask, the humble allotment has a burgeoning population of young enthusiasts across the UK, tempted by the range of benefits that local organic produce can bring to your body and mind. Currently, there are approximately 300,000 …
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The loft rests quiet and still in the night. Boxes lay hushed and hidden out of sight. Decorations sit, itching to return. Patience is needed, waiting must be learned. Summer rolls on slowly, bit by bit. Ornaments become bored as they sit. Dreaming of music and candles and bells, They are craving those distinct …
As we progress into the next year, and scarily the next decade, for many people it is a time to reflect on the year they have experienced. But for most, it is time to look to the future and make New Year resolutions. Making these have become a long running tradition, despite the fact that …
She stumbled across the rough rocks, and looked around apprehensively. Out of the corner of her eye, Alex saw, just for a moment, a creature shoot across her eyeline. Shrinking into the shadows, her right hand crept subconsciously into her jacket, where cold metal greeted it. Smiling grimly, she withdrew her hand, all the while …
Calum ran what seemed like as fast as was humanly possible away from the building, but they were still catching up. He had been spying, but they’d found him, and killed his partner, Dan. Now he was next in line, unless he could get back over that wall. That would take luck as well as …
I slept, unsettled. Tomorrow is the day. Christmas! I knew I couldn't sleep, but I also knew I had to for Santa to leave my presents. I had been on my best behaviour all year. I snuggled into the blanket, and flicked my light off. Eyes closed. Waiting in anticipation. I awoke unaware of anything. …
The winter was cold and unforgiving. The cold had bitten away at the crops and now food was scarce... at least for the poor. However, the rich could indulge in luxurious food, all at their command. I sat in my usual spot, watching people pass by. Very few people noticed me, or simply didn't care …
I awoke from my slumber as the fairy lights were slowly coming into focus - flickering and almost out of battery due to the fact I’d put them up in the middle of November in a rush of festive excitement. A week to go, and I had already opened all the windows in my advent …
Nature's Entity I could see the bare trees, stripped back, with nothing left to hide behind. Their leaves were an orange dust, scattered over the ground. Empty. The trees, standing still above the ground, looked haunted; the sky was a blanket, covering the world. The wind was like the sea, a gentle wave hitting me …
The rain always poured. It never drizzled, never spat, never just rained. It poured down as if the plates of the earth were tipped upside down and the oceans themselves were falling from the heavens. The sheer force of the rain drove away cheap, colourful paint until it flowed down the street, a running rainbow …
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