Just been for a noon-time walk, sun low but it is December, just enough cloud to show how blue the sky is. Easterly breeze at the end of Whitby west pier ruffling hair, but I've been colder in June, and very little sea running at all.

Harbour full of bird life, gulls, shags, ducks and more than 2 dozen swans, idyllic.

Of course tomorrow will be mist so thick you can hardly see your feet as they slip on the frost, you can't beat a bit of variety.