{"id":142,"date":"2024-01-30T18:21:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:25:33","slug":"writings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?page_id=142","title":{"rendered":"Writings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>See below some of my of articles &#8211; mainly on walking\/nature &#8211; that have been reprinted in various publications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more of this, as well as my more casual writings, on a range of topics &#8211; such as what I get up to in London, updates on my film projects and my day job in financial journalism &#8211; check out my substack by clicking below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@joshuageer?utm_campaign=profile&amp;utm_medium=profile-page\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png 786w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-768x152.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=330\" target=\"_self\" >The Night Swimmer novel on Hastings and the poetry of the tide<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=330\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1214\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hastings-seafront.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Night Swimmer novel on Hastings and the poetry of the tide\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hastings-seafront.jpg 1214w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hastings-seafront-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hastings-seafront-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hastings-seafront-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A review and interview with Simon J. Houlton about his debut novel, The Night Swimmer. *This article was first published by the&nbsp;Hastings Independent&nbsp;on 17 January. You can find the original print&nbsp;here. In&nbsp;The Night Swimmer,&nbsp;Simon J Houlton casts his debut novel into the restless dark and grit of the Hastings coastline, a place he knows not&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-01-28T15:20:27+00:00\">28 January 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-317 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=317\" target=\"_self\" >Trying bikepacking for the first time<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=317\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-12-at-12.41.56_b1d36afc.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trying bikepacking for the first time\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-12-at-12.41.56_b1d36afc.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-12-at-12.41.56_b1d36afc-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-12-at-12.41.56_b1d36afc-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-12-at-12.41.56_b1d36afc-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">By Joshua Geer. To be brutally honest, cycling has always been a bit of a turn-off for me.Maybe it was the Lycra. Maybe the saddle soreness. Maybe the gear costs that rival the GDP of small nations. I\u2019ve always admired the idea of moving far under your own steam, but bikes? Somehow, they didn\u2019t quite&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-12T13:05:45+01:00\">12 July 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-296 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=296\" target=\"_self\" >Walking in the shadows of a Nazi megastructure<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=296\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rugen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Walking in the shadows of a Nazi megastructure\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rugen.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rugen-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rugen-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rugen-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Many nations wrestle with how to reconcile their past with the remnants that shape their present. Some histories remain spectral, lingering in hidden scars, but Germany\u2019s past manifests in colossal, inescapable forms of concrete, steel and stone, standing as silent yet deafening reminders of its Nazi past. One such relic looms over the pristine coastline&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-03-24T17:37:39+00:00\">24 March 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-277 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=277\" target=\"_self\" >A nostalgic walk around Poole Harbour<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=277\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2203\" height=\"1376\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0000570900232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A nostalgic walk around Poole Harbour\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0000570900232.jpg 2203w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0000570900232-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0000570900232-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0000570900232-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0000570900232-1536x959.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0000570900232-2048x1279.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ask me to excavate my happiest childhood memories, and I\u2019ll unearth the annual August holiday to Poole Harbour. For a decade, it was a ritual for our family: swapping the pebble beaches and arcades of Hastings for Dorset\u2019s golden sands and quiet, green edges. We\u2019d pile into a family car, an overcrowded microcosm of bickering&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-07T17:47:09+00:00\">7 January 2025<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-246 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=246\" target=\"_self\" >Eulogy for Ron Geer<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=246\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1805\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PXL_20240916_122409253.MP-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eulogy for Ron Geer\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PXL_20240916_122409253.MP-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PXL_20240916_122409253.MP-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PXL_20240916_122409253.MP-1-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PXL_20240916_122409253.MP-1-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PXL_20240916_122409253.MP-1-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PXL_20240916_122409253.MP-1-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Read by Joshua Geer on 16.09.2024 at the funeral of Ronald Louis George Geer, 6th December 1930 &#8211; 12 August 2024. I want to thank you all for gathering here to celebrate and remember the life of a remarkable man, my Grandad Ron. By the time I entered his life, he was already approaching his&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-09-17T18:22:36+01:00\">17 September 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-223 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=223\" target=\"_self\" >Accidentally Walking to Middle Earth: Summiting Ischia\u2019s Highest Point<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=223\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1697\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0000471600072-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Accidentally Walking to Middle Earth: Summiting Ischia\u2019s Highest Point\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0000471600072-scaled.jpg 1697w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0000471600072-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0000471600072-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0000471600072-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0000471600072-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0000471600072-1358x2048.jpg 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Written by Joshua Geer. Edited by Genevieve Redgrave. Humans are obsessed with getting to the highest points of places, regardless of whether it is the best place to be. Take, for instance, the thousands of tourists who every year flock to climb Wales\u2019s tallest mountain, Snowdon, despite there being arguably more beautiful and quieter peaks&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-07-02T17:07:01+01:00\">2 July 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-194 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=194\" target=\"_self\" >107km for 107 Lives: A Run to Raise Suicide Awareness<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=194\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1079\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sodapdf-converted.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"107km for 107 Lives: A Run to Raise Suicide Awareness\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sodapdf-converted.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sodapdf-converted-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sodapdf-converted-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sodapdf-converted-768x405.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">On June 24th 2023, David Watkins and I ran 107 kilometres around Victoria Park to raise awareness for the 107 people who take their own lives every week in England and Wales. Below are some reflections in which I have answered a few common questions about the project and considered what&#8217;s next. Header photo by&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-06T17:09:05+00:00\">6 March 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorised\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=1\" target=\"_self\" >Walking home to watch the football<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?p=1\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-02-at-19.45.58_b4117f8a-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Walking home to watch the football\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-02-at-19.45.58_b4117f8a-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-02-at-19.45.58_b4117f8a-1-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-02-at-19.45.58_b4117f8a-1-1024x923.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-02-at-19.45.58_b4117f8a-1-768x692.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Written by Joshua Geer. Edited by Jack Hanson and Genevieve Redgrave. I have two homes: Hastings and London. The latter I chose, the former I didn\u2019t. My fondness for both is equal. Linking these places of my heart by foot has always been a desire. Whenever I make the journey by car or train, I&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-02-23T10:42:45+00:00\">23 February 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See below some of my of articles &#8211; mainly on walking\/nature &#8211; that have been reprinted in various publications. For more of this, as well as my more casual writings, on a range of topics &#8211; such as what I get up to in London, updates on my film projects and my day job in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/?page_id=142\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Writings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joshuageer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}