Well, this is a new venture for me - writing a 'blog' that is. Not a very nice word, I've often thought, though I can't claim that as a reason for not writing before. Maybe it's just me, but I found myself debating my motives for doing this. Eventually I came to no particular conclusion, other than that I wanted to share some of the pleasures of one aspect of my life with a wider audience. The particular aspect I mean is that I do live beside the sea, quite literally a stone's throw ...