Tag: day out

• A VERY BRITISH DAY OUT

  ‘Take the next left onto B709,’ says the satnav. ‘Where is she taking us?’ says the passenger. ‘I’m just following the directions, dear,’ says the driver. ‘Are we there yet?’ From the backseat. ’10 minutes away,’ says the passenger, ‘I can see the castle from here.’ ‘You said that 5 minutes ago!’ ‘It’s these bloody…

  Iain Kelly

  03/08/2022

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

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• A VERY BRITISH DAY OUT

  

  ‘Authentic Beach Barbecue’ the leaflet had assured them. Archie had his doubts. The nearest beach was at least thirty miles away for a start. Just another anomaly in the zoo that combined as an amusement park. Two pasty-looking teenagers wheeled out trays covered in tinfoil and started unwrapping the precooked food. Agnes perched herself on…

  Iain Kelly

  10/06/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Sunday Photo Fiction

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• G IS FOR GLASGOW, GREAT BRITAIN

  

  A STORY OF THE GARDEN FESTIVAL IN GLASGOW, GREAT BRITAIN It had been a glorious summer. Glasgow didn’t get many of them. Perhaps it was fate that the year of the Garden Festival was the warmest and driest summer that anyone could remember. The festival was meant to regenerate the wastelands that had been left…

  Iain Kelly

  07/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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