The South Coast Taj Mahal by Dennis Hamley.
One of the best things about being freelance or retired or preferably both, is to be able to say at a moment's notice, 'Sod it, let's drop everything and go away.' Some would say that a blog about your holidays does smack of reversion to childhood and I have to say there's something in that. But, depending on what you do with them, they can lead to experiences worth having, worth communicating and worth musing on afterwards, especially if you are a writer or artist. The sudden, spur of the moment day might be even more significant than the long-planned holiday. So it was for us just twelve days ago. The sun shone out of a deep blue sky and we said, 'Let's go out for the day.' So we caught a bus to the station, bought day return tickets, got on a comfortable and reasonably fast Cross Country Voyager DMU and were in Bournemouth by mid-morning. We'd done this before. Lunch on the pier, a long walk along the sands, a paddle, an explore of so...