On the other hand Stevie....those 'Guests' might not be you at all....but...how are the Ssss..snakes anyway? ;0) Just don't let them loose down my end of town will you!! ;0) ;0)

Guest above...."....spare land in Wales..." Blimey! Don't let John Prescott know, he'll build dozens of new towns on it before you can say "Sidmouth Folk Week!" Hope Steve Heap nips in there quick and puts his flag on it! ;0)

Apologies for typing words backwards on the post above. Too much sun! It has been absolutely glorious down here in Sidmouth today. The sea is so warm, went paddling...got soaking wet....it was wonderful...really cooled us down. There were kids climbing all over the rock islands, people wilting on the Esplanade wall, ice-creams dripping faster than they could lick them! Little toddlers running on the sand and chasing the waves out to sea and shrieking with fright and laughter when the waves came back and got them all wet. I love it when tiny ones do that.

In fact it was so hot down on the beach that we ended up in Connaught Gardens, under a lovely shady tree. Much better idea! Then later we went into Exmouth and walked along the beach there, but it's so different from Sidmouth. It's nice to have sand all the time, but the sound of Jet-Skis whizzing up and down at about 50 miles an hour was horrendous, as was the smell of the fumes from their engines! That, together with the Boy-racers zooming up and down Exmouth Esplanade with their 'Boom Boom Music' at 60,000 decibels was just too much!!

Have we all gone mad? Whatever happened to the sound of the sea?

It makes you realise how special Sidmouth is when you come back from all that. Just the sea....no jet-ski engines, no fumes, just tranquility and that peace which enables you to hear the gentle swish swish of the waves.

Oh no! I'm getting old aren't I? I'll be saying what a good idea deck chairs are soon, won't I?

News is that we're supposed to have hail stones the size of golf balls tonight! EEK! So...Stevie...get your snakes to high ground else they'll float off down the River Sid!

Lizzie :0)