Byron and me
I have this foot, you know –
it’s stiffened up with age.
So in the pool each day
I stop and take a break.
With hands against the wall
I go through my routine,
then swim, Childe Harold-like,
footloose and fancy-free.
it’s stiffened up with age.
So in the pool each day
I stop and take a break.
With hands against the wall
I go through my routine,
then swim, Childe Harold-like,
footloose and fancy-free.
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Willersley Castle Hotel is a mile away, on the edge of Cromford. We used to go there for a swim at 7.30 nearly every morning. It was my only good habit.
This poem was written to celebrate the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s swimming of the Hellespont – and because I was amused by the idea of a bit of wordplay.
Willersley Castle Hotel is a mile away, on the edge of Cromford. We used to go there for a swim at 7.30 nearly every morning. It was my only good habit.
This poem was written to celebrate the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s swimming of the Hellespont – and because I was amused by the idea of a bit of wordplay.
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The photograph of the Hellespont (now the Strait of Çanakkale) is copyright nektofadeev at Shutterstock.
The photograph of the Hellespont (now the Strait of Çanakkale) is copyright nektofadeev at Shutterstock.