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Dispassionate Eye

May 31, 2023 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

I created this chapbook after my van’s side mirror was clipped and broken by a passing truck. I cursed its crossing into my lane on the narrow suburban road. Then I exchanged shards of mirror-glass tidied up from the tarmac. Perhaps I should have exchanged insurance particulars. My thinking was that the delivery truck company would have recorded the incident, establishing their driver’s culpability beyond doubt.

The outer covers for *Dispassionate Eye*, the 29th chapbook in the series.
Images © Simon Robinson | Campark X30 | 18 mm | 1/3800s | f/2.6 | ISO 100 | cycle helmet mount
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.

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Via Graffiti

April 30, 2022 by Simon Robinson 2 Comments

I planned to document a bicycle trip from Cheshire to Kent with images of street art. I imagined this afterword would be drawn from street artists’ words and ideas. Yes, I’d expected that murals and graffiti would be ubiquitous. But no, there was less urban scrawl than I’d expected, especially rare in the heritage parklands of the Peak District. Instead, it was the elusive Chiffchaff that inspired us.

The outer covers for *Via Graffiti*
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.

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Forgive Me Cyclists

October 25, 2020 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

Forgive me cyclists for I have raged.

It’s been sixty minutes since my last encounters when I denied cyclists twice.

The incidents occurred while driving home along coastal along roads that I have used for fifty years. The constrictions, curves and cambers of these roads have been learned as I walked, jogged, cycled. I have driven cars and motorbikes around these once medieval tracks with their ever changing aspects and glorious views.

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