1. Crossing a newly-surfaced road that is still a little spongey and smells really strongly of tar.
2. Gel pens because they write so smoothly it's hard to believe you're making a mark.
3. The chance to wind PaulV up about moving back home to his mum's.
Magnolia, pagoda and station.
1. Late magnolias -- always a pleasure. 2. We like everything about the pagoda -- including the long climb to the top -- but particularly th...
