Post The Third: Back to Reality

It's been only a fortnight or so since I returned from my Great Scottish Road Trip and already the heady mix of tranquillity, contentment, direction and sense of purpose that I discovered while on it has begun to boil-off in the unforgiving heat of everyday life.

I know I said all I had to do to dispel any stress was close my eyes and remember The Valley (the location of which shall remain a closely guarded secret...until the novel gets published at any rate), but I blame that same heady mix for dulling my senses to the rigours and demands of the real world.