We drove down from Melrose to Seaham on the back of a disagreement. I plan my journeys by Google maps (adding 15% to Google’s estimate of journey time because, well, Laws of Sod) while he relies on paper maps. Our paper maps of Melrose and Seaham are bang up to date, unlike our 1982 OSContinue reading “Heart of Glass”
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Take me to the beach
The weather is still forecast to turn colder soon, and I’m giving up hope for a late summer. It’s been annoying, hearing the national newscasters giving us advice on how to stay cool in this heatwave, week after week, while we huddle down in fleeces and hope it’ll stop raining before the house floats away.Continue reading “Take me to the beach”
Brancaster Beach
Before this pandemic hit, we made a habit of getting out of the house and going somewhere once a week, just to give ourselves a change of scenery. That all stopped when the first lockdown order came through, obviously, and we haven’t been out much since – we don’t go out to beaches or museumsContinue reading “Brancaster Beach”
Sheds by the sea
Last week, we had another small return to normality. We planned a day out at a local beach. There’s been a lot of debate during lockdown over the definition of ‘local’, and there were stories of people being fined for travelling seven miles from their homes for a walk in woods, of London residents caughtContinue reading “Sheds by the sea”
Julia Chalkley 