Look out for us on TV tonight, Channel 4, 10pm, having tea with Grayson Perry.
1. Down at the far end of platform two there is a vertical garden -- wild flowers cling like rock climbers to the brick wall on the embankment.
2. The way a cold swimming pool seems warmer once I've done a few lengths.
3. Godfather Timothy is charmed by Alec's kind sharing. Admittedly, our son was offering a piece of potpourri to a video of a train.
PS: Even if you think that the genre of toot-toot videos is not for you, it is hard not to be charmed by this film about some time spent on the platform at King's Langley.
Novel, coming back and ready for December.
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