Monthly Archive: May 2007

day one on a deserted island

I’m sitting here with my desk positively covered with the delicate flat stones that make up the beaches surrounding Burgh Island. Why are they all...

there’s no ‘g’ in Burgh Island

That’s the first thing I learned upon approaching the Devon coast, looking for the “Sea Tractor” that would take us across the incoming tide to...

Devon beckons

Well, strictly speaking, an island right off the coast of Devon beckons. Just the two of us. But I’m getting ahead of myself. The last...