– and now that I have your attention, ~I will start off with a taster from
my novel Helter-Skelter – a
description of the beginning of the STORM in 1935 that changes Albie’s future.
One
night, after a blustery day earning a few shillings rolling barrels into the
pub, Albie was woken by his window rattling in its frame. He got up to see the
trees being blown practically horizontal and waves crashing clear over the
promenade to batter the road. A dreadful moaning sound built up and up – he
had never heard anything like it. He went downstairs to make sure all was
secure, but George had beaten him to it and the kettle was already on the hob.
Albie was about to take a cup up to Dot when she appeared in the kitchen,
clutching her dressing-gown closed as it afraid the howling wind would snatch
it away.
“A
body can’t sleep with that racket going on, and I’ll feel safer downstairs.”
Would you go downstairs for a cuppa in these circumstances,
or pull the covers over your head and pray?
SEX – we all know that this is one reason a lot of folk come to Tenerife
- drinking SANGRIA in the SUN lying on the SAND beside
the SEA tends to dull people’s
perceptions and SENSE of discretion –
but there are many more visitors who come for the SCENERY and the food, both of which are SIMPLY STUNNING.
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STRELITZIA REGINAE – I took this photo on my walk yesterday – the SPANISH call it Estrelitsa, but they
simply cannot pronounce any word that begins with an S without adding an E
first!
We see holiday-makers
clutching these flowers at the airport – I have never asked if they are
actually allowed to take them on board, but I would imagine there are some
airlines (naming no names) who would charge extra.
