Capt Stan: Stories

Hidden away in every city and town, countless thousands of old women and men live out their final years. Friendships form, and just occasionally, physical attraction strikes, just as it does everywhere else.

Laurie is invited to a school reunion, driving five hours to his childhood village to meet people he has not seen for forty years. A homage to Laurie Lee's eponymous book, where the real Slad becomes a fictitious Crawedon. When life is ruptured and swings in a new direction, can one ever go back?

Invited by Roy, I take his 75-year-old wife while he watches.

Fourteen years have passed since Marj took Stephen’s virginity on a hike. Old flames never die, and when a man without a sex life is presented with an opportunity to relive an old passion, can he resist?

Stephen and his Auntie Marj enjoy an interesting hike in the New Forest. ~~~~~~~ In 1079, William the Conqueror took ownership of the area as his newest hunting forest, hence the name. A mixture of unfenced pasture, heath and ancient woods, it is now a National Park, visited by millions every year. But walk a hundred metres from any car park, and you are alone.

An overnight flight, one middle-aged man, one young woman and one frustrated old woman. Read how the three of them make discoveries during the night. But is everything quite as it seems?