Jane left the house at 5.30am this morning to head off up north for a bit of consulting work. Half an hour later than usual. Once the sun had come up, I headed out to grab a cup of coffee. With the sun shining and a lovely blue sky I had one of those great walk-in-the-city-while-no-one-is-about times. I headed down to the beach to see if there was any damage after the big storms, but there was nothing. There were some surfers in the sea, but it was pretty calm. Big empty beach, sun shining… it’s good living by the sea.