We were in Lancaster today; it was sunny, cold and I found Peter Maxwell Davies / Fires of London album in Oxfam (Renaissance & Baroque Realisations), and a 1930s guide to Blackpool Tower & Winter Garden from my favourite antiquarian bookstall; Subway are doing Turkey & Stuffing & cranberry, and as we wandered in the twinkling twilight I was freezing, sneezing & wheezing but I can't remember feeling so Christmassy in my life...

Tomorrow - it's off to Borders to pick over the liquidation sale! Ain't life grand??

Here's a thing - did you know Bernard Summer used to work for Cosgrove and Hall and assisted on the animation for such classics as Chorlton and the Wheelies, the opening titles of Rainbow add Jamie and the Magic Torch. Such wonders!