Aching for Always begins with a bit of a scary adventure involving a deserted islet in the middle of the North Atlantic, 200 miles from the closest inhabitable place, which in this case would be an island off of Scotland's northwest shore. In Aching for Aching, this island, which--ta da!--really exists, is one of the passageways for time travel.
The island, which is called Rockall, is very steep, has no plants or animal life and the only fresh water it offers is rainwater that settles in depressions in the rock. However, it is technically habitable, which means it can be claimed. As such, it became the final territorial expansion of the British Empire when it was scaled, inhabited and claimed in 1955.
I love rocks, and this is a weird and interesting one, which is why I knew I had to put it in the book.
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