Roll your own.

We're surprised to find Puppy sitting, almost hidden, in the long grass at the side of the track. She's up early looking for excitement. The farmers two other Jack Russells are not morning girls and remain asleep in front of the warm AGA. 

This morning Puppy accompanies us down to the coast and then, finding we're biscuit free, she heads off across the 5 star hotels golf course to the greenkeepers hut for breakfast. The farmers wife has thought of buying one of those electronic collars to keep tabs on her but thinks the £20 monthly 'tracking' charge is exorbitant.

From down here on the shore the old town can be seen. Sometimes, if the time and the conditions are right, the medieval towers glow golden in the sunrise. This is a sight that hasn't changed much in seven hundred years although in those days the cathedrals tall spire would still have been standing.

In the other direction the cormorants are soaking up the rays on their rock out at sea. We count 27 cormorants this morning which, we think, is a record.

In town a solitary gentleman is sitting outside Costa Coffee wearing a bobble hat and a scarf to keep out the cold. He has a tobacco pouch and is carefully rolling himself a breakfast cigarette. This weekend the winds are forecast to get up to 80 mph which will make cigarette rolling difficult if not impossible.

Town is filling up again with students although parking remains easy which suggests the faculty and admin staff are still away. I speak to the Manhattanites who would usually be on their way to the annual Davos conference but have this year opted to stay closer to home. " It's all going on here " says one - succinctly.

German cuisine in Shanghai:https://www.smartshanghai.com/articles/dining/the-story-of-100-year-old-cafe-restaurant-deda

A ghost island :https://www.sciencealert.com/ghost-island-emerges-from-ocean-and-its-about-to-vanish-again

Booster shots. Another argument :https://undark.org/2025/01/20/the-real-benefits-of-annual-covid-19-booster-shots/

America strikes it lucky.....again:https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/energy/giant-reserves-of-gold-hydrogen-may-be-lurking-beneath-at-least-30-us-states-1st-of-its-kind-map-reveals