The thing about Brighton is that the alternative has long been the mainstream. I haven’t been to Terre a Terre until tonight, but Lou and I went for a blowout and we were the only straight presenting couple in the village. It’s a vegetarian restaurant, or vegan if you like, doing it expressively. It’s been around since 1993, and it’s only just down the road from Lou. We finally partook, and it was mighty fine. I’ll be farting all night.
Morning took us up above The Seven Sisters at Seaford Head, picking between the thistles and the instagrammers. Sun still working hard to stop us having to wear too many layers, wind in disagreement. I put a jacket on. We aren’t in Paris anymore, Toto.
Seaford is an early call for us to visit, not least for the views but also because the coffee van serves excellent coffee and there’s local art sold at fair prices in the gift shop. See how middle aged I have become? There’s a good wood nearby as well. When we were blown out on the cliffs we went and did a circuit in the woods. Cramming in that nature stuff while we can!! Soon it’ll be rehearsing in a little room in Clapham so I want to catch as much green as I can between now and then. I have been receiving emails. One is diversity and inclusion. “What was the main earner in your household doing for work when you were 14?” There’s no category for “Competitive Extreme Sportsman” but you can make your own…
So a day of walking and nature, with a good run of Bergman to get to it. This is why it’s great to have a car, to make it easier to be impulsive and complete in these things. Public transport and it would’ve been the wood or the headland, not both. I’m sad Lou and I haven’t had much time this late summer just to hang together, and with her work and my rehearsals it won’t get easier, but we are good at maximising the time when we get it even if a truly relaxing time together also involves long hours sleeping. It’s ten. She’s already conked out and I’ll be right behind, most likely lifting the counterpane right off the bed with the gaseous results of Terre a Terre. Yummy food, but I’ve been on meat with meat for a month…
Now though I have to cram some words into my brain a moment before sleep…
AlBarclay 