FALLING

‘HOLD ON TIGHT,’ THEY TELL YOU. BUT DD WE EVER LISTEN WHEN IT MATTERS MOST? WHETHER ON THE BACK OF A HORSE OR A MOTORBIKE, OR FULLY SEATED ON A GAME VEHICLE, SOME FOLKS ARE MORE PRONE TO THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY

Lorraine Kearney

UPFRONT | The Thread Don't look behind you.’ The instruction came from the Australian traveller up front, first of our little trio. Between us sat the Londoner on his gap year; I was at the back. We were three on one of those little motorbikes rented out in Greece in the summer, pootling around Paros. We'd been at a beach party on the other side of the island, and they were giving me a lift back to town, where I worked at what was then the only hotel on Paros, a drop in the blue Aegean Sea. My shift started at 4.30am with pressing the sheets for the daily linen change. It was not a bad summer job for a backpacker; I finished at noon and had the rest of…

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