Rain

I'm struggling for an idea, and really should be writing for that, but here goes, maybe something will come. Maybe I should just sit and write. I took a long walk along Castle Beach today, scuffing in the sand, splashing in the rock pools, I really enjoyed myself, and I found a stone shaped like a snail which pleased me. It's now sitting on my window sill, gazing out over the harbour. I think I needed the sea air to blow round me for a bit, I've not taken nearly enough advantage of having a beach five minutes walk away from where I'm living. The sea was wonderful, storm green, and the sky to match, rain smacking the sand, and then suddenly, the sun burst through and a rainbow shone over.
The rain is pounding again though, dark streaks running down the window. I don't think I'll walk out this evening, perhaps use the luxury of the car instead for once. I've somehow managed to drive nearly 3000 miles since the beginning of September when I got the car, and that's without using it every day, it must be the epic trips up and down the West of the country, Cornwall to Wirral which I've undertaken three times now. I used to have to drive every day for work, and felt that my life was just driving: sitting, checking, looking in mirrors, judging other people, making decisions, but I'm breaking out of that, driving is a pleasure again, and even when I make the 350 mile trip up North, it's an adventure. It's easy to become a bit of a car geek, but I have geek potential definitely, being always interested in trip clock mileages and miles per gallon performance. There's an inner geek in all of us.