Category: Coastline

Horses, thinking man, mermaids and missiles, Buddhas and bulls, flamingos and lions. Each one with a story behind it. Each one instagram-able.

I’m fascinated by places like this old canal. Places that are from a previous time, abandoned by people and gradually taken over by nature. They remind me of how temporary we and all our works are, and that nature carries on regardless.

I spent a few days on the Isle of Portland, in a car park used by the transients and vanlifers. I chatted to man who had taught English in China before the pandemic and was living in a camper van while he waited to be told he could go back. We talked about American politics and how Trump had affected China’s relationship with other countries. Everyone has a story about how they got to where they are.