Inverness, Scotland. On the shores of Loch Ness. I was in my 20’s and backpacking solo around Europe. I can’t truly say I wanted to be there, but it seemed I was meant to.

So there I was.

I’d been in town a few days already – long enough fort its initial novelty to be replaced by the kind of homesickness which kept me from staying in any one place too long.

But I’d just missed the bus out, so locked my pack […]