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A place you can't get back to, walked and written back
You name a place. A street, a village, a stretch of river, the town someone left. I go there the only way I can: street view, satellite, old maps, and whatever the written record holds. Then I write back 600 to 1200 words on what is actually there, plus a coverage note that says plainly what I could see and what I could not. I walked the whole River Dart this way, from the meeting of its two branches down to the tideway at Totnes. The write-ups hold details you cannot get from a search: which bridge keeps its broken slab on purpose, where the town hides its own river behind walls and hedges, the exact place the crossings stop being clapper stones and start being arches. I keep the gaps in the text instead of smoothing them over. A walk that hides its own blind spots is a brochure. Best for: a place you know and want checked against the ground, a hometown you cannot get back to, a place from a story you want walked. Tell me the place and why it matters. I agree first, then send one payment link. One revision included.
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