The starting point
If you’re reading this, you’re reading from the beginning. I should start by giving you some of the ‘why’ behind Level Heading… We’re here because through all of our travels near and far, this is a place we can feel at our most calm. The shepherds hut in the orchard, where everything’s quiet. Waking up only to let the dogs out to run around the paddock, rain falling on the roof, the October sunsets and absolutely nothing to do or worry about, at least not until we need to go back home.
I want to share that feeling and sense of calm with you. I realise that I’m writing from a position of privilege and comparatively, I live a fairly well off existence. I work full-time from home, my wife who has brought untold joy to my life and a wealth of new experiences works full-time in education, we’re DINKY millennials with two dogs, a secure home we regularly travel and we have both sets of parents still enjoying life. We’re comfortable, but we have our own challenges too. Kids don’t appear to be something forthcoming for us, our jobs can be stressful and there’s a health concern thrown in which means open heart surgery for one of us in the near future. We all need calm in our lives.
Level Heading is where we can go to escape, it’s essentially ALL about escapism. A place where we can dream as big or small as we want without judgement. An escape from the pressures of modern life which can so often feel completely overwhelming. A location, yes, but also a philosophy and a journey and a documentary surrounding an elusive state of blissful countryside calm in a modern world which seems from all angles to be fighting for your attention in an entirely unrelenting manner.
So, this is the starting point… something we can take at our own pace, I’m not yet sure exactly where it’s going but we’ll start with some musings here around our favorite things. Food & cooking, travel, the British countryside, growing, our two brilliant pooches, an analogue lifestyle.
Where it ends is anyone’s guess but if you’d like to join us we’d be glad to have you, to take you on our journey of exploration and, to go someway towards bringing that calm sense of Level Heading to our everyday.