When the earth moves

Tracey Martin reflects on her experience of the Nepal earthquake

by Tracey Martin 8th May 2015

At 11.45am on Saturday 25 April the earth literally moved under my feet and continued to move for about four minutes. It seemed much longer. I was in Lalitpur over the river from Kathmandu, just fifty metres from Patan Durbar Square, where brick temples collapsed in heaps burying locals and tourists.