{"id":244,"date":"2026-06-05T15:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.themediarunner.co.uk\/Kerensawarleggan\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:52:33","slug":"the-crossing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.themediarunner.co.uk\/Kerensawarleggan\/the-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >The Crossing<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2028825024\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1037772549\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1326196404\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.themediarunner.co.uk\/Kerensawarleggan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Crossing-Sketch-to-go-With-Poem.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.themediarunner.co.uk\/Kerensawarleggan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Crossing-Sketch-to-go-With-Poem.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.themediarunner.co.uk\/Kerensawarleggan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Crossing-Sketch-to-go-With-Poem-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.themediarunner.co.uk\/Kerensawarleggan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Crossing-Sketch-to-go-With-Poem-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.themediarunner.co.uk\/Kerensawarleggan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Crossing-Sketch-to-go-With-Poem-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1326196404 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1987916171\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-974790418\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-647216614\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-483379560\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>The clanking chains haul the boat<br \/>Into the seaweed-strewn, slightly stinking shore<br \/>Where a fresh line of anxious drivers wait<br \/>Strung along the narrow causeway<br \/>Like a scattered, broken necklace.<\/p>\n<p>She listens to the scrape and clang<br \/>Beating like the tattoo of her own heart.<br \/>It amazes her this punt-like thing<br \/>Always stays afloat, carrying its cargo of cars<br \/>Safely back and forth each day.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-483379560 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px -22px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1859317346\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Such a flimsy, flattened object<br \/>Ought to go straight to the bottom.<br \/>She wonders at its technical gravitas,<br \/>Running for decades without a glitch,<br \/>As it has done perfectly satisfactorily.<\/p>\n<p>Without it, they would all have to go<br \/>The very longest way around. <br \/>Annoying, and probably more expensive<br \/>At today&#8217;s prices, which explains the queue.<br \/>She knows why everyone is grateful it is here.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1859317346 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px -9px 0px;\n  margin: 0px 0px -22px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1448736974\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Just a small crossing really,<br \/>A few hundred yards across a natural <br \/>River ravine between two headlands.<br \/>One of many crossings she has taken<br \/>Traversing this inlet-riven land.<\/p>\n<a class=\"button primary\" >\n\t\t<span>PURCHASE HERE<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-409276349\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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