HeyJaredPlaces to write, read and eat (shop, swim and sleep)
Stories of places that have inspired creativity to write, a comfortable place to read without distraction or excellent food (and good coffee). Perhaps even all three. If you want to share any gems yourself, from anywhere, I would be delighted.
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Chez nous - Chester (opens the original)
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Manchester City of Literature. Manchester Libraries and Reading Spaces PART 1. (opens the original)
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Hopes & Beans, Whitby. Matcha. Alexander seeds (foraged by the side of 199 steps - the very same route taken by Dracula on his arrival into England). Whitby Abbey ruins. Yorkshire curd tarts. (opens the original)
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I think that this is possibly my first ever drink of matcha; I’m late to the party. And it’s iced. It is the first day that it has really poured with rain in months, I’m on holiday and it’s been incredibly humid under these waterproof layers. An iced matcha and a view of Whitby’s bobbing boats, the town’s lifeboat at the far left of the window and St Mary’s Church in the centre, on the East Cliff at the top of the iconic 199 steps. It tastes of slightly smoky grass. Milky grass. Like you’ve got
Two coffees in Deva, the Goddess Afon Dyfrdwy (that flows through Chester as the River Dee), seabuckthorn berries, and diabetes - type 2 (opens the original)
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Earlier this week I took a brisk walk into the city of Chester (Deva), with coffee and contemplation on route, and far reaching views across the River Dee and beyond into Wales. I was on my way to the medical centre, to have an eye screen. A diabetic eye screen. Because in May this year I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Which is absolutely rubbish when you're writing a book about edible plants and want to sound credible. Actually it's rubbish anytime, for anyone. But I felt humiliated, becau
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