Table of Contents
Foreword Clare Balding 11
The Journey - Five Hundred Miles on Foot through Scotland 13
Listening 17
1 It Wasn't a Fleeting Thing 23
2 How I Met Harry 28
3 Shrapnel and Flowers 32
4 Love Is Just Being 36
5 We Don't Like to Say, 'I Lave You' 42
6 You've Been Dumped! 46
7 It's the First Forever Thing 54
8 She Was Checking Out My Ass 58
9 I Never Said, 'I Love You' 66
10 We're Just Humans on This Rock 72
11 'I Love You, But I'm Scared' 76
12 After a Wee While, We Started To Notice Each Other 80
13 I'm Not the Most Eloquent 86
14 Its Starting To Come Together 90
15 What's the Problem? 94
16 Nothing Short of Love 98
17 There's More Amour in It 102
18 Who Are You Waiting For? 108
19 Let's Keep It Brief 114
20 Everything's Fine 116
21 Dashing Good Looks 120
22 And the Music Went, and the Music Went, and the Music Went! 124
23 I Love the Bones of Them 128
24 He Was Dancing to Right Said Fred 132
25 A Cake on the Doorstep 136
26 That's the Deal 140
27 I'm Worth Loving 146
28 Are We Just Worm Food? 150
29 To Be Part of Something 156
30 Don't I Know You from Somewhere? 160
31 We're Definitely Coming Home 166
32 Being of Service 172
33 My Place To Be 176
34 I Didn't Believe in Love 178
Epilogue 182
Footnote 186
Blessing 187
Acknowledgements 190
Share Your Story 192