NINE
Goodmanham, East Yorkshire, 2021 AD
Jake sped and darted along the motorway, causing other drivers to curse and gesticulate. Liffi’s news was bad enough in itself, but Bill Backhouse sensationalising it set his nerves jangling. Eager to gauge the damage for himself, he pulled into a service station, filled his tank, and grabbed the tabloid newspaper with the offending headlines. After placing a coffee amid the debris of a littered table, he turned to the article headlined, HEATHEN HATRED HITS HIKERS.
A b****y maestro of alliteration! Jake snorted.
However sensationalised and distorted the writing, the underlying facts were undeniably disturbing. Hoodlums had attacked a couple from Hull, Mr and Mrs Kalpar, on the Wolds Way, in the vicinity of the temple. They had severely beaten th
