Inspiration

 The least efficient way to seek inspiration is to sit at one's desk and stare at a blank screen....

So I get up and make a cup of tea and the ideas start to present themselves. 

Watching The Waves

 They're taking down the Big Wheel that has been sitting on the promenade over the summer season. And the town- which was so madly busy in the second half of August- is back to being as genteel as the Duke of Devonshire intended. "A seaside resort for Gentlemen" was how he advertised it back in the eighteen-whatsits.

We've had a few days of rain and wind but today is blissfully sunny. Ailz took secret pictures of me walking by the sea. The reason I'm all bent over is not because I'm an arthritic wreck- perish the thought!-  but because I am looking closely at the breaking waves.....