Be at water at first light

The Recipe

1. Find the nearest river, canal, lake or sea, and work out how long it takes to reach.
2. Set an alarm for an hour before sunrise and leave the phone across the room.
3. Pack the night before: one warm layer more than you think, water, nothing to read.
4. Leave in the dark. Nothing will be open, and that is the point.
5. Get to the water before the sun does.
6. Stay until the light has finished changing.
7. Walk the bank in the direction you have never been.
8. Eat breakfast at the first place that opens.