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  1. Rainbows in the Rock 49

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 49 It was indeed a learning process, which sounds redundant when talking about being a student, but there are far more things involved in learning than tick-box exams for tightly-def ...

    - 2023/01/01 - 9:17am - 3 comments

  2. Rainbows in the Rock 48

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 48 We were back to the grind of our studies after that, of course, and I found it a particular variety of ‘interesting’ the way my attitude to them was changing. In climbing guides, ...

    - 2023/03/12 - 10:21am - 2 comments

  3. Rainbows in the Rock 47

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 47 I settled into bed, Alys joining me there once she had done her teeth, and of course she picked up on my mood. “What’s up?” “I looked up Lee’s Dad” “Oh. A bad one, then” “Yes. Not ...

    - 2022/12/18 - 8:24pm - 3 comments

  4. Rainbows in the Rock 46

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 46 University life was so very different from school. It looked, on the surface, as if we had much less work to do, lessons being fewer, free time seeming to be endless, but it wasn’ ...

    - 2022/12/01 - 11:42pm - 6 comments

  5. Rainbows in the Rock 45

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 45 He was shaking as he spoke, and Drew picked up on that immediately, impressing me with his depth of character. I wondered what his own history had been like, before pulling myself ...

    - 2023/03/12 - 10:08am - 6 comments

  6. Rainbows in the Rock 44

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 44 The rest of the week found its pattern, each day book-ended by a ride with Mam, and punctuated with a shared lunch. I am sure I was just as vocal as Alys was, about the way my cou ...

    - 2022/11/07 - 11:39pm - 3 comments

  7. Rainbows in the Rock 43

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 43 Mam drove us both in for the first morning, Alys having turned up at stupid o’clock in the morning, as Dad called it. Each of us had a day pack holding our first set books, pads o ...

    - 2022/10/30 - 11:24am - 2 comments

  8. Rainbows in the Rock 42

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 42 We moved on the next day, and had three days of progressing from castle to castle. Vic too his snaps, Nansi dispensed nuggets of history, and we ate all sorts of interesting meals ...

    - 2022/10/27 - 8:24am - 4 comments

  9. Rainbows in the Rock 41

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 41 Our route wriggled and danced across the map, from Toulouse to Lastours, Carcassonne to Peyrepertuse, and then Beziers. Each held one or more castles, each held a story, and it wa ...

    - 2022/10/15 - 4:59pm - 2 comments

  10. Rainbows in the Rock 40

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 40 We finally arrived in what was clearly the Deep South, at least of France, and I must have muttered something along those lines as Nansi Edwards immediately corrected me. She did ...

    - 2022/10/08 - 5:19pm - 5 comments

  11. Rainbows in the Rock 39

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 39 It was a musical non-music night, if that makes any sense. In short, the actual folk club wasn’t on, but several of the regular musicians were up for a play, and as the ‘club’ was ...

    - 2022/09/20 - 12:44am - 5 comments

  12. Rainbows in the Rock 38

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 38 I sat for a while, mulling over her revelation, and in the end decided to leave it for a private moment; there was clearly so much hiding behind her words that it would have been ...

    - 2022/08/28 - 8:00pm - 3 comments

  13. Rainbows in the Rock 37

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 37 I fought down the urge to panic, looking round at our surroundings. The path led in two directions, one being straight up to what was clearly the summit caldera, zigzagging as it ...

    - 2022/08/07 - 8:44pm - 5 comments

  14. Rainbows in the Rock 36

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 36 A tern creak-calling above us, we made our way slowly back to shore, a little warmer in the shallower water, and while Warren walked straight out of the waves, Alys and I had to d ...

    - 2022/07/31 - 9:43pm - 3 comments

  15. Rainbows in the Rock 35

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 35 I watched his gaze, and it followed Elen’s in its intense focus on how tightly the material of the waiters’ trousers stretched across the bums beneath. Oh, indeed. I felt more tha ...

    - 2022/07/01 - 11:15pm - 4 comments

  16. Rainbows in the Rock 34

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 34 It was the first time I had ever flown, and all too obviously the first time I had experienced the other joys of an airport, especially the other passengers. I know that my home i ...

    - 2022/05/27 - 7:42pm - 5 comments

  17. Rainbows in the Rock 33

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 33 My last exam was on a Thursday afternoon, and it left me drained. Alys was still due for another session, on the Friday morning, so there could be no mad celebration, or even easi ...

    - 2022/04/27 - 7:49pm - 4 comments

  18. Rainbows in the Rock 32

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 32 We fed everyone, at least those who wanted feeding, and then it was time for a weather check. It had rained in the night, so a lot of the crags were moist enough to put the seriou ...

    - 2022/04/01 - 9:03am - 3 comments

  19. Rainbows in the Rock 31

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 31 My head felt a little off-kilter when I woke up, Alys still snoring away beside me. It was raining outside, of course. I sat up in my bag just as Dad put his head round the dormit ...

    - 2022/03/25 - 10:46am - 4 comments

  20. Rainbows in the Rock 30

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 30 Mr Edwards was the one who picked us up from the station, with a forceful hug for both of us together and then each in turn, and an even more forceful reminder that we had less th ...

    - 2022/03/20 - 9:18am - 2 comments

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