Forest to the sea

Breakfast at the Rhinefield hotel, Maureen slipping Jerry some cash very discreetly. A nice breakfast, then packing. Pat and I left to our own devices for an hour and a half while Maureen had her nails done and had a facial massage. Pat kept asking me where they'd gone shopping. We were looking out of the windows of the bar area at the pond and fountains and sipping tea.

Then we all slowly loaded into the car, under the big tree with what I think was a raven making some gruff noises at the top.

A drive through the forest then Eastwards back to Seaford. Stopped at a Marks and Sparks at the Holmbush Centre, then rapidly to Pat and Maureen's place, before getting home. Happy to be there. I cooked some pasta then Lorraine went off to Eastbourne to start a course in pottery.

Having been cooped up all day, I went for a long walk mooching about on the seafront, looking at the lovely colours that hung about in the sky after sunset. There is a procession of planets at the moment, but the only one in the crepuscular light readily visible was Venus.