Back of the house
We rented this house for a week in the early 00s and a friend now owns it and is reconfiguring the back. The windows stretch across the width of the house looking out onto the Solent. But we kept them shut and saw rather than felt the strong winds and choppy water. It’s a stretch of water that is always full of boats but there weren’t many out sailing today. Brother Jono who is sailing further west and is in Fowey said they were waiting out suspected gales but even so I was surprised how cool and windy it was, we kept consulting the apps which were promising sun. But it never came
I’d slept badly the night before and having hit traffic and.obstacles on the way down tot he hovercraft we only just made it and I didn’t sleep in the car.
After lunch I slept briefly on the window seat at Jonathan’s house and then helped a bit for the dinner to come. There was eight of us and the chat and cheer revived me considerably. Interesting people, a man who is on the board of several hospitals and talked about how AI will change the health service, a woman painter, a couple, one an artist and the other a collector. We are going to see their house on the Island tomorrow, it sounds as if they have a sensational art collection.
At night I liked listening to the wind in the trees, lighter now and fell asleep to the sound of the sea.
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