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    Hove, Actually

    18 September 2026

    I do like to be beside the seaside.

    brightly coloured beach huts beside the sea

    a panoramic view of the sea from the beach

    beach repair works mean that the staircases down to the beach are buried under tons of shingle

    sea, sky, clouds, shingle beach and timber groyne

    brightly coloured kayaks on a shingle beach below a blue sky

    bibendum (aka the michelin man) rides a bike on a shop sign

    beach volleyball players on the court

    a brightly coloured woven blanket that caught my eye at hove museum of creativity

    ice creams from marocco’s, i had the tiramisu and scored the sponge finger too

    a painting of 7 wilbury crescent in hove that caught my eye

    a kite surfer just off the beach

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    3 Good Things for 10 October 2026

    🔌The problem with my bike was diagnosed to be the charger and now I have a new one.

    🚲The kids who shouted out “Wheelie?” as I rode past them. That’s beyond my capabilities but I was glad not to be dismissed out of hand.

    🌬️I picked the right direction to ride in, when I tried to go back on myself at one point the sea breeze was impossibly brutal.

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    • 📚The Notebook by Roland Allen (Oct 2026)
    • 📚The Venetian Affair by Helen MacInnes (Oct 2026)
    • 📚The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (Sept 2026)
    • 📚The Lifeline by Libby Page (Sept 2026)
    • 📚Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise (Sept 2026)
    • 📚The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig (Sept 2026)
    • 📚Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay (Aug 2026)
    • 📚Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernières (Aug 2026)

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