Friday, July 29, 2005
The Summer Season - weather lousy
As the school holidays begin, the weather has decided to take an unseasonal dip into cold, wet weather of the sort we get used to in the autumn and winter. We do have a full complement of tourists around the area, so the roads feel like summer even if the weather doesn't.
I'm head down into writing 'the book' at present and so I don't get affected by the tourists that much. Where I do notice them is when I go out to places that help the creative process to flow. I have a number of places to which I go including Maenporth Beach where the summer car parking fee is now in place. At least one Sunday has seen the overflow car park in use. Still it's worth the extra £1.50 just to be able to sit and watch the sea and to use the freedom from this computer to get the ideas that have been hiding coyly in my brain out onto paper (or into a dictation machine). Gyllyngvase Beach also has a cafe that I use from time to time. Here, on a hot day, the outside verandah is often full and I have to sit inside. Ah the deprivations of living in such a glorious place!
My last visit to London ended at just before midnight on the 6th of July. It was a very successful visit with some excellent meetings and the euphoria of the Live8 concerts which had happened the previous weekend and the Olympic award to London. My pleasant feelings came to an abrupt end the following morning when I awoke (having arrived home at 5.30am) to hear of the bombings in Central London. How thin is the line between elation and terror. I will be back in London but probably not until September. Getting back onto public transport will be nervewracking, no doubt, but I don't have to travel on London's transport system on a daily basis. Those who do at present have my greatest admiration.
My condolences go to those who lost relatives or friends in the attacks and to those who were injured or traumatised by them. Ironically, today has been the day that the IRA, whose bombs I dodged in the 70s and 80s, have chosen to turn their back on violence. Let's hope that this announcement leads to peace at last for the people of Northern Ireland. They deserve that.
I'm head down into writing 'the book' at present and so I don't get affected by the tourists that much. Where I do notice them is when I go out to places that help the creative process to flow. I have a number of places to which I go including Maenporth Beach where the summer car parking fee is now in place. At least one Sunday has seen the overflow car park in use. Still it's worth the extra £1.50 just to be able to sit and watch the sea and to use the freedom from this computer to get the ideas that have been hiding coyly in my brain out onto paper (or into a dictation machine). Gyllyngvase Beach also has a cafe that I use from time to time. Here, on a hot day, the outside verandah is often full and I have to sit inside. Ah the deprivations of living in such a glorious place!
My last visit to London ended at just before midnight on the 6th of July. It was a very successful visit with some excellent meetings and the euphoria of the Live8 concerts which had happened the previous weekend and the Olympic award to London. My pleasant feelings came to an abrupt end the following morning when I awoke (having arrived home at 5.30am) to hear of the bombings in Central London. How thin is the line between elation and terror. I will be back in London but probably not until September. Getting back onto public transport will be nervewracking, no doubt, but I don't have to travel on London's transport system on a daily basis. Those who do at present have my greatest admiration.
My condolences go to those who lost relatives or friends in the attacks and to those who were injured or traumatised by them. Ironically, today has been the day that the IRA, whose bombs I dodged in the 70s and 80s, have chosen to turn their back on violence. Let's hope that this announcement leads to peace at last for the people of Northern Ireland. They deserve that.
New home for Writer in Residence
As I rebuild the Bizwords web site, I have taken the opportunity to publish this blog within the site at www.bizwords.co.uk/wir.htm. I hope to use a mixture of static and dynamic pages to improve my web presence and to allow me to provide a more dynamic service to those who use my services.
