And so I found myself in the glorious morning sunshine on Morecambe’s West End beach with the sand stretching out far into the distance. Firm, cool and damp, today was a day for creating a labyrinth on the sand. I’ve had a loose interest in labyrinths for the past couple of years but it […]
Lynton & Lynmouth have been a part of my geographical vocabulary since I was very young, courtesy of family connections with the area (to the North Cliff hotel), however this week was the first time I visited for any length of time under my own steam in my adult life. And what an absolute pleasure […]
A few days ago I found myself in conversation with someone in a call centre and somehow the subject of jetting off on holiday came up. He seemed utterly stumped by my response to his intimation that holidays always took place abroad – that I actually really loved staying in the UK. I would have […]
What. A. Weekend. For those wondering what on earth “flup” is, it’s my affectionate abbreviation of full up. Especially as, when one is flup, any abbreviation is good. I think I hit my awesome threshold at about 2.30pm, possibly 2.45pm today and it’s taken some sitting, some bathing and some cooking to bring me back […]
Before any alarm is caused, although there was fire, no-one was harmed and it didn’t spread. Thankfully! Saturday morning, May 31st. One of the great things about my “rescheduling” is that, more than any other holiday, the shape of each day at the moment is pretty much unforeseen. I have an idea of what might […]
How it happened, I still don’t know, but I had a period of about 5 days last week where knocks to the head were rather common place. It started with a bruising from the boot door of a friend’s car as I was retrieving my stuff before jumping on a train. Next up the nervousness […]
It’s been an incredibly productive day by the seaside. Mr Gas Man came and confirmed all my gas appliances are safe (woo!). I planted plants in pots to go outside. I sat on the beach and made important phone calls. I had delightful and unexpected messages from delightful people. I bought paint. I uncovered beautiful […]
Cycling home from the pub tonight was an interesting experience. I fairly regularly cycle back through central London about that time of night (10-11ish) but today was bizarre. By the time I’ve got through Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square the traffic normally peters out. Tonight embankment was about usual but yon side of Westminster Bridge […]
Today I was complimented on…my rear bike tyre. Unexpected, but had a nice bit of banter with the guy who gave the compliment. I’d been at training all day and had retreated to the pub with some friends (who were also in my start group at this firm). When we’d arrived it hadn’t been too […]
Something about eating a sherbet fountain in bed having just had a free snowboarding lesson and driven myself back in a car while playing Muse very loud felt exceedingly decadent. Yum. On world scales of decadence it may not be way up there, but hey, I’m enjoying it. Lots of interesting things recently. I […]
