Handball!

There is some football cup or something just beginning today. Freyja has been deposited back with me in my studio: … More

The Shingle Shuffle

Shingle. Approaching the water* I notice I am once more doing the arms-raised thing. This is not the impending cold … More

Now we know that it is summer: last week Jim took off his wetsuit, and got back in the lake! … More

Yesterday I had a visitor at 2am, at the open door of my bedroom no less. Percy went out to … More

So yesterday we swam round Burgh Island. Plum Duff was suffering from a dodgy shoulder from a 5 hour swim … More

Full speed sideways! If you are a little on the small side, terrify your enemies by approaching them sideways on, … More

Spring has sprung in the lake. It gets in through the front of one’s swimming costume and collects where it … More

[Note: apologies for on-going lack of cats. I am on holiday and there are no cats here!] Yesterday I returned … More

Yesterday I had several packages to get in the post, which is time-consuming and boring work. Fortunately I had help, … More

Guess how old Tony is? It’s not old at all if you write it in cats…