It rained in the afternoon but the morning was clear although a stiffening breeze hinted that that the weather was about to change<\/p>\n
As we made our way along the short promenade a skinny man and a chunky girl began swimming in the heavy waves<\/p>\n
I feared for their safety<\/p>\n
Both wore black swimming outfits<\/p>\n
Swimmers wearing black rarely drown<\/p>\n
Older visitors to the bay remained in their cars drinking tea and eating sandwiches<\/p>\n
I wanted to tell them that the town of Sandwich was less than fifteen miles distant<\/p>\n
But neglected to do so as not to ruin the surprise<\/p>\n
Deal after Deal<\/p>\n
We sat in front of the writers house and shared a Martini<\/p>\n
Shaken not stirred<\/p>\n
The ghost of a Hollywood actress swam in the sea in front of us and when she emerged she invited us to a party that was to be held in the house with the terracotta tiles<\/p>\n
A young girl played with a pink parasol on the foreshore and was being photographed by a poet we both knew well<\/p>\n
He called his series of photographs<\/p>\n
Nocturne in Grey and Pink<\/p>\n
After Whistler<\/p>\n
Later we took tea with a famous wartime leader whose booming voice alarmed the children who were taking tea with their parents<\/p>\n
And grandparents<\/p>\n
The purchase of cucumbers was suggested by the owner<\/p>\n
And readily accepted<\/p>\n
By each of us<\/p>\n
As they had been harvested locally<\/p>\n
With the greatest of care<\/p>\n
And pacified children<\/p>\n
With the surprising ease<\/p>\n
A lone boat sat at the top of the hill above the bay<\/p>\n
The coastline of France could be seen clearly from its bow<\/p>\n
But only when the weather was clear<\/p>\n
As it was today before the rains arrived<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It rained in the afternoon but the morning was clear although a stiffening breeze hinted that that the weather was about to change As we made our way along the short promenade a skinny man and a chunky girl began swimming in the heavy waves I feared for their safety Both wore black swimming outfits […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}