It turn out that one can tire of London without tiring of life.

It’s nice to be home in Sussex.

I know that the phone has the advantage of being the camera you always have with you, but I do enjoy the tactile nature of more traditional cameras — the viewfinder, the lens barrel, the dials and buttons. Grabbing the Canon and going shooting with it is my weekend treat.

I try to avoid spending too much money in franchise chains, but when your small, indie coffee shop is closed due to a broken coffee machine, sometimes you fall to the temptations of Starbucks — and regret it afterwards.

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A good pub is one you don’t want to leave.

My daughter enjoying an open fire in a pub.

Life doesn’t always go to plan. The secret to resilience is to just adjust and forge new paths forwards. And that’s fine.

Well, dealing with the flat tyre put pay to our planned afternoon out. But, given how tired the girls were, I have a suspicion it was for the best.

The evening light was putting in a wonderful display earlier.

Evening light by the banks of the Adur.

I just discovered that the minister from my childhood home carried on working well into his 80s.

There’s something quite moving about being that committed to a calling.

There’s a certain joy to early starts in the autumn, and this morning’s early trip to the station was spectacular.

A ranbow over houses near Hassocks station.