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The flying Rooks: Chris Towers on his trip to watch Lewes FC

Poet and writer Chris Towers takes a trip to Lewes, in East Sussex, to watch the Rooks play Hendon in the Isthmian Premier.
THE FLYING

Poet and writer Chris Towers takes a trip to Lewes, in East Sussex, to watch the Rooks play Hendon in the Isthmian Premier.

A CHILL came over the Dripping Pan, the evocatively named ground of Lewes, as rooks flew over in the drifting mist. The sun had earlier bleached the sky blue as I basked in the unseasonal weather.
I noticed chalk hills gleaming in the distance, with the South Downs not far away. There was warmth in the ground as well as in the skies as I was given a great welcome at the entrance. But what caught my eye immediately was a giant eye in a corner of the pitch? What could...

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