We all like to be beside the seaside

Breakfast this morning, with Sam and Jade. Including one of our big tomatoes from outside. Much of the day spent hanging about chatting. I stole away to do a bit of work, and even write my first poem of 2020.

In the afternoon, off to Beth's place, and collecting Beth and her flatmate Amy, then we sauntered down to the sea at Hove. There had been some bold talk about going for swims, but the sea was rough and it was extremely windy.

Instead we hunkered down on the beach behind a groyne out of the wind, and chatted and had a drink, in an archetypical beach experience.  Beth's flatmate Amy, is a very funny girl, and her and Beth form an excellent double act pinging off one another hilariously. I had an excellent chat with Jade too. I am very fond of her.

Back to Beth's flat, where we met James, who is Beth's new boyfriend. He did well, considering it must have been a bit daunting to meet Beth's mum, stepdad, brother and sister-in-law in one hit. I liked him, he is a keen cyclist and works as a project manager for BT. We all played a game called Cards Against Humanity, which certainly breaks he ice, and drank and talked and ate the food Lorraine had brought to eat on the beach.  Toby called me early on and we had a quick chat too.  Good to meet James, and get to know Amy more. All on good form, and cheery.

A taxi back, and Lorraine went to bed. I stayed up in the kitchen with Sam and Jade, and had an absolutely bloody final drink and chatt with them till gone two, before I crept upstairs to bed.

Windswept and lively on the beach.... Sam and Jade and Beth and Amy; Lorraine with Sam and Jade and Beth; the Beth and Amy show, and a moody black and white snap of the sea.








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