Sometimes, you only realise how unwell you’ve actually been when you start feeling better. Today, I feel roughly human again for the first time in a week. No idea what it was (other than it wasn’t Covid-19 - I was tested and the result was negative), but I’m glad it’s behind me.


Still COVID-free.


Current status:


Quite a sky this evening.

Clouds above the Sussex coast.

Better broadband please. kthxbai



Evening on the beach.

A few people enjoying Shoreham Beach in the evening.

After some thought, I put today’s social & digital lunchbreak outside the reg wall, because the lead story is important for everyone in online publishing.

onemanandhisblog.com/2020/06/s…

(People who get it via email do get exclusive content, though…)



Fish.

A mosaic of a fish.

Finally getting back to the beach.

It’s amazing the difference removing the feeling that the clock is ticking on your trip out makes.


Nice evening for a swim…

Sin and clouds above Shoreham Beach from the sea.

30 seconds of Shoreham Beach for you:


Shoreham Beach is a rare vegetated shingle habitat. And it’s just coming into bloom now.

Stunning.


What you need to know about Dominic Cummings

John Naughton:

I’ve been reading Cummings’s blog since long before anyone had ever heard of him. Here’s what I’ve concluded from it… 1. He’s a compulsive autodidact. Nothing wrong with that, but…

As you might imagine, the picture does not get prettier from there onwards. One of the fascinating things about Cummings is that his history and his thinking is there for anyone to read - even if it is rather mutable


First sea swim of the year. 🏊‍♀️

Wave jumping off Shoreham Beach.

Kite surfers off Shoreham Beach.

Kite surfers off Shoreham Beach

Beach life.


Photographer friends: can you recommend a good hand strap?


“You’re muted” has been uttered more often in the last two months than in all the rest of human history combined.