The Oldie

Psychedelic nights in Derbyshire

To hijack L P Hartley, the night is a foreign country; they do things differently there. And if that’s true, a night walk with a UV torch is an expedition to another planet.

This was a simple stroll round a small common in the ordinary English countryside on a dark, dank night.

I set out with my friend Jeremy Buxton, a farmer, and David Atthowe,

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