Being alone

A fortnight ago, I went for a walk up the mountain with Ollie, to a spot a friend recommended for its quietness. At first I parked at the wrong spot and walked for a bit, but the impact of the landscape I saw was immediate: there was only me and Ollie and the mountain, which the road passed through. This place is near home, yet it seemed to me that I had traveled to a far away and secluded space.…