NOW !!!!

4:44 am. The unmistakable ' I've eaten something that disagrees with me and I need out NOW !!!!' noise drifts up the stairs from Sophie's bed. 'That'  sound all dog owners fear. By 4:46 am Sophie is out of the front door. She heads off like a rocket followed by Angus who has woken and 'put on whatever's at hand' . 

By six am Sophie has had breakfast, her trauma has long passed and she is  raring to face a new day, Bright sunshine greets her as she strides purposefully onto the beach. Ten minutes later a brief squall sweeps in. You can get all four seasons in an hour here. Sophie is distracted by the arrival of a spaniel friend and is caught off guard by a wave that  creeps up on her. Even the most cosmopolitan of PONettes finds that the unexpected happens.

In town the Turkish barber is sitting on a bench outside his shop enjoying the sun and talking - in Turkish - to his dog. It is a small wee thing dressed up in what appear to be green dogjamas with a row of pompoms along the back. Sophie is amazed as is Angus. The barber is completely immersed in his conversation and oblivious to the laughter of passers by.

Town is quickly emptying of students and filling up with all sorts of golfing visitors coping ( or suffering ) with various degrees of jet lag. The coffee shops are now open and catering to Americans and Scandinavians up and about at six in the morning. Italian, Spanish and French golfers start their days a little later. 

A second hand copy of an old Scottish book in the window of a charity shop catches my eye. This is a variety of Scottish humour that makes gentle fun of the English. 

We stop off at the dry cleaners to pick up the sheets and pillow cases. Thankfully, Sophie is too busy to notice two dogs who are waiting by the Belisha beacons. Our chores are completed without incident.

Difficult to say who has settled into these fixed morning routines more thoroughly - Sophie or Angus.

 

Pate en croute . A bit different to the Scottish butchers pork pies :https://twitter.com/Pate_croute_fr/status/1650537374084939777