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Eat, Train, Love (Part 6)
Frankfurt, Bruges and Back (14 – 16th May) Since I finished the last part. I realised that I really only gave Frankfurt the afterglow of my day in Prague. A destination picked just to break up the journey from Prague… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 5)
Prague to Frankfurt. This is the second attempt at writing this. The first I wrote on the train from Prague to Regensburg. But even though it said it was saving, it wasnt. So, this is being written on Friday 7am,… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 2)
Unexpected Cologne, heaviness of Hamburg. Im writing this at the beginning of my day 3, sitting in the lobby area of the delightful hostel I’m in just next to Hamburg dbf railway station. My first hostel experience, and they have… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 1)
Darlington to Cologne 8/05/2026 It was no ordinary Azuma train from Darlington this morning. Normally I take trains from Darlington for work basis, sometimes for fun days out. But not this morning. Not on 8th May 2026 at just before… Continue reading
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Abuse is the relationship, not just the Incidents.
Emotional abuse, isn’t the moments, it’s the entire relationship. The whole thing. Interspersed with tiny moments of relief. The rest is eggshells. The rest is being gravitationally in their orbit. The rest is drama, upset, fracture. It’s not one event.… Continue reading
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Silence of the Lambs.
It wasn’t (just) what happened to you. It was the silence you had to keep. The silence you had to protect. The silence of the truth that could never be said. For Fridays Frosties. Keep the peace. Daddys not going… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 