Chess away

Leaving Gothenburg in the autumn rain, I am now on a regional train across Sweden with William and his friend Filip for the national school chess championship in Kalmar. Four hours to mark some exams and take in the last few weeks.

Earlier today, I went for a calming forest run in Skatås before taking William to the police station to get his new passport. Since his last one three years ago, he has grown more than twenty centimetres, and it feels like a much bigger boy who will be travelling to Germany with Eddie and my parents in three weeks’ time. Before that, I will go to a concert with Melissa Horn in Halmstad and try to submit one more manuscript. But first, Kalmar awaits – and the weather forecast looks promising for running.