John Fish B.Sc.
Publishers of Tenby in Wales (UK)TENBY PORTAL PAGES
Space Station
Binns had decided to take the bull by the horns and stood on
the balcony of her sea front hotel room which overlooked Caldey Island. A full
Moon had risen high over the Gower Peninsula and the blackness of the sea danced
silver in the Moonbeams. She felt a sudden urge to be naked but then noticed the
lighthouse of Caldey Island seemingly wink at her. "It's very romantic here," said Carter as he passed her a drink
from the mini-bar in the hotel room. "Thanks ... but you don't understand the rules." "I'd like to learn." "They are very simple, I keep control ... Did you see that
meteor?" "No." "You must be blind then, it was so bright, negative magnitude
two or three at least ... what were you looking at then?" "You, you look so beautiful with the Moon in your eyes." "Carter you should hear yourself, that was so corny!" "But true." "I think we'd better change the subject. Did you ever meet Neil
Armstrong?" "Not exactly, I've seen him close up during presidential
security operations." "It's so hard to imagine that we once could walk on the Moon.
We've gone backwards in evolution since then. What the previous generation could
do, ours can't." "I expect manned Lunar exploration will recommence once the
"Yes, but it's so unfair. I want to go to the Moon. There you are Carter, give me the Moon and I'll marry you."
"Do you mean that?"
"Carter, you should hear yourself ... still with one-sixth gravity it would make our wedding night an interesting experience! We could write a new chapter for the Karma Sutra!"
Extract from Preseli Bluestones by Sion Pysgod
Published at Tenby in the Pembrokeshire Coastal National Park (Wales, UK)
As a Star of Pembrokeshire Series Paperback