This is a nice one:

A santa on a SUP approaches santas in a boat.

More SUPping Santas!

A Santa on a SUP on the Adur A stand-up paddleboarder in a Santa dress Santa SUPS

Oh, that is dangerously tempting.

A sign iffering a shot of whisky in your drink for £3.

What’s SUP, Santa?

Many santas on paddle boards.

Bottomed out at -2.5°C last night. Pretty cold for these parts.

Worthing Pier from Shoreham Beach, 8/12/22, 4.10pm

Worthing Pier at sunset, seen from Shoreham Beach

Cold enough that I’ve actually put on my rarely-used woolly hat for the commute this morning.

Adam on a train, wearing a woolly hat.

My beloved Canon M50 is back from the camera doctor and working once more:

My repaired Canon M50

And here’s one of my test shots, just to prove it’s working again.

Looking up the Adur from Emerald Quay

Happy days.

First night we’ve gone below zero this winter. Plenty more to come, I’m sure.

People have a long and inglorious tradition of mangling my surname, but this is a new one for me…

A receipt email giving my name as Tim Worthy.

In Brighton on business for the first time in years. When I started out in business for myself nearly 11 years ago, I hoped to do more in Brighton, but it never panned out that way, alas.

The roof of the FCB espresso bar in Brighton.

Feeling deprived of my weekly dose of inspiration from the swimming pool whiteboard this morning.

Morning coffee from a flask in an enamel mug while my daughter swims.

Black coffee in an Ernest Journal enamel mug.

That’s a commitment I’m not prepared to make, alas.

Hello, Saturday.

A long black and a copy of The Way through the Woods

Good morning from a crisp, Autumnal but delayed commute.

The sun riding over Hassocks station on an autumn morning.

Sunset approaches.

Shoreham Fort, around 4.15pm.

Dramatic lighting over Shoreham Fort.

I have earned this today.

A bottle of red wine, about to have its cork removed.

Words of wisdom from the swimming board. 🏊‍♂️

Repeat a difficult thing often enough and it becomes a habit and then a pleasure. And so it is with my early morning Sunday trips to the pool. An hour by the poolside with a book and a coffee. 👌🏻

Reading a book called Mermaids by the poolside.