What a difference .....

..... a new day makes. Not a breath of wind, plenty of watery sunshine and mild enough to put the woolly hat and gloves back in the cupboard. I even had my lunch in the garden after doing some weeding and pruning. The soil here is so sandy that weeding is almost, but not quite, a pleasure.

I wasn't alone on the beach today. I met this bubbly youngster who assured me that the water was boiling. She cartwheeled across the sand, jumped the waves and even persuaded her dad to join her in the water. She was disappointed when he only agreed to paddle and he certainly didn't have his feet in the water for long. The North Sea is VERY cold.