It often feels like I've never left - steadfast old friends have established themselves here over the last couple of years, with PhDs, work, homes and even building their own home on their own land! Dspite our adult pretensions, we still muck about like crazy when we gather together on the beaches and streets of cozy Swansea - and this week has seen plenty of partying, music, sleeping-in and talking about life, love, books and nonsense. Hot-wheeling from Cheltenham to Symonds Yat on Wednesday 10th was a great way to explore the little raods that surrounded my home county of Gloucestershire, then a couple of days with my old and new friends at Kat's 25th birthday party had me climbing into caves, singing new songs and dancing on the banks of the river Wye. On Friday
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