Stories from the dark side of Milton Keynes
I was in a taxi last night, a last-minute decision to go and take some research photos for a post I'm working on at the moment - my evening plans had fallen through, the light was beautiful, I'd been at my desk all day and I knew it would be a good long walk home.... Continue Reading →
I have a strange relationship with Easter. It always feels like it should be a more special, more significant moment in the calendar but it's really not for me. Most years, I just appreciate the long weekend off work and the chocolate but all too often it leaves me feeling restless, as though I'm missing... Continue Reading →
Look, just because that's two weeks running I've spent my Sunday morning skulking about under bridges, it doesn't mean I'm going to make a habit of it, or reinvent myself as a troll. I promise. You remember last week I mentioned the splendid reader who had tipped me off to a good place to explore?... Continue Reading →
It's been a strange week. I've spent most of it in my head, writing. I'm working on a folk-horror story (yep, set here in MK!) about an ancient evil that lurks under the ley-lines, and what happens when the careful order of our grid-roads and redways is disturbed - what horrors might be unleashed? I'm... Continue Reading →
You're going to have to indulge me just a little on the strict City of Secrets parameters because today's location isn't in Milton Keynes - although it does have an MK postcode... so forgive me but for this visit, I've ventured just over the border into Bedfordshire and oh boy, it was worth a wander.... Continue Reading →
It's a new year, and 2025 is starting off cold. It's been below freezing for the last few days here, but today it's dipped down right to -5. This morning dawned bright and frosty but with a delightfully spooky mist so I was pondering where to go for a walk when I remembered it had... Continue Reading →
It's the day after the winter solstice. We've just had the shortest, darkest day of the year, and made it through the longest night. I don't follow any particular spiritual path - I'm one of those annoyingly open-minded people who just thinks that everyone should be nice to each other, and if they have a... Continue Reading →
There's a storm raging today. The wind had kept me awake through most of the night, a howling around the house punctuated by violent rattles of heavy rain thrown at the windows front and back, as if the storm was deliberately attacking from every angle. He's one of those named storms we seem to be... Continue Reading →
Ever since I found a collection of strange carvings etched deep into the bark of the trees here, I've always found Shenley Wood a little eerie. There's something about walking the deeper pathways of this dark ancient wood that can make you forget you're only moments away from the city - it feels like a... Continue Reading →
Today's exploration was inspired by a video I stumbled across on Facebook yesterday morning - some rather stunning drone footage of a series of derelict industrial units here in MK - thank you, Wandering Northerner! The scale of the ruins looked extensive from the air, and I worked out that it was actually very close... Continue Reading →