by Dave | Mar 25, 2025 | Memoir
Life in the World of Heroin Most of you have probably seen the film Trainspotting – a black comedy about heroin addicts in Edinburgh. It’s a shocking film, but it offers a raw and honest look into heroin addiction: the massive internal highs and the devastating lows....
by Dave | Mar 15, 2025 | Memoir
My love of hang gliding took me on a quest for endless summers – chasing summer in Europe, then heading Down Under to catch it again. The pinnacle of flying hang gliders is going cross-country: flying from thermal to thermal, using these columns of rising warm air to...
by Dave | Feb 4, 2025 | Memoir
“Gap year – Go West, my boy!” And I did. Me and my best mate Gary had just finished our A-levels – university entrance exams – in the UK in the 1980s. I had failed everything. I’d discovered sex, drugs, motorbikes and rock and roll. I needed a reset. Traveling seemed...
by Dave | Jan 16, 2025 | Memoir
University had some quite animated moments. I had an interesting time with a guy called Paul C. We had two things in common – well, three if you count practical joking. We both loved hang gliding and getting stoned. Not at the same time, I hasten to add. We lived...
