On Exmouth beach looking out to where the river meets the English Channel, Peter Riley tells me about the death of his mother. “It was lung cancer. She was a very healthy person; she’d been walking in the Lake District the previous month. Then, over the course of 10 days, I watched her die. I’d never seen a human do that before.” Riley steps over a rusty sewage pipe and stuffs his hands in his pockets. British beaches are perfectly miserable in autumn.
在埃克斯茅斯海滩上，眺望着河流汇入英吉利海峡的地方，彼得•莱利(Peter Riley)向我讲述了他母亲的去世。“那是肺癌。她一直很健康；就在前一个月，她还在湖区(Lake District)徒步行走。接着，在短短十天时间内，我目睹了她的离世。我以前从未亲眼看到过人死去。”莱利踏过一段生锈的污水管，将双手塞进口袋。英国的海滩在秋季格外地凄凉。
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