So up it was to empty the overnight dishwasher and then my standard breakfast of cereal this time embellished with a few grapes which I enjoyed. Avoided switching the tele on and decided to wait until I could catch the 6 o'clock news. To while away a few minutes I started to read Coast To Coast With Janet Street Porter. I bought this tome some days ago in Ashbourne rather cheaply from an antiques shop. It appealed to me as I leafed through it in the shop for a number of reasons: I like Janet's forthright stubborn opinionated views, I like walking and the countryside, the book was split into Day-long chunks of walking and there were plenty of pictures and it covered an area of Sussex I know well. So, a good second-hand buy. It proved to be a good choice; easy readable prose and providing that aid to escapism which all good books offer to the reader. I spent an enjoyable 30 odd minutes even missing the 6 o'clock news because I was so engrossed.
A good way to start the day. And now the computer is on - I've written this by 6.46am and am able to turn to the rest of the day with more confidence than when I carefully trod downstairs well over an hour and a quarter ago.
