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Swansea Walk with Amb and Si

My first-born and her fiance, Si, are down for the weekend. On their first full day here, we sauntered down to the beach, taking in a few parks along the way.

What started as me trying to capture a beautifully peaceful scene, ended up in me capturing the brutal reality of life in the wild:

En route, we passed this great painted van - May the Force be With You! You can see more pics of the van here.

September's Close

Well, September is nearly over and done with. All things considered, it has been a pretty good month. I kept to my creative goal for the month, which was to create and publish journals and calendars for both my See Gower and See Glastonbury websites. The journals are all available on Amazon, whilst the calendars can be ordered direct from me, via their respective websites and associated social.

Not only did I complete my September goals, I also found the time to make a great start on my October project. I am already more than half way through updating, editing and even renaming my first published novel. I have even completed the new cover design for the new Legacy Edition!

Let's  see how October progresses now...

Malvern 2026 | Day 2

The weather was more cloudy for our last dat at the Malvern Autumn Show. 

The giant vegetable display was cool to look around:

Lush

We had ourselves a little sit down in a WW2 pub in the afternoon, where the ambience was so evocative I finally created a new audio recording after I don't know how long:

A bigger spending today today, though my purchases were more than reasonably priced:

Another loph. At £7 - had no choice but to bring it home

This  pre-1939 was just a tenner!

A cool new home four Apple Snail

Stunning skies on the way home too:

Malvern Autumn Show 2026 | Day 1

Had a fantastic weekend at the Malvern Autumn Show. Didn't  purchase much there on day 1 of our visit though as I got a little waylaid by Old Rosie (again) lol.

I did buy this though:

And on our way to our our AirBNB for the evening, we pulled over to appreciate this view of Tokien and C S Lewis countryside:

Ex Crawley. Chapter 4.

A cosy evening of editing. On Chapter 4...

Editing

Down on the allotment, editing Chapter Two.

The Legacy Editions Commence

Having already completed my September project (producing journals and calendars to sell through my See Gower and See Glastonbury websites and associated social media pages), I can now start my October project early (producing and publishing an updated reissue of my first novel).

This will mark the beginning of a new line of Legacy Editions, which, over the coming months, will include all nine of my existing novels and culminate in the publication of my tenth, and latest, novel...

My Old Shed Door

My last pic of our old shed door before we replace it with our home-made one.

A Gift to Treasure

Sometimes, something truly kind and out of the blue happens that really brings a tear to eyes.. Thank you xx

Whilst noting the kind of money this limited edition book fetched at auction, I will never even consider selling this treasure. Some acts are worth moore than any money in the world.

As promised, I have finally taken a picture of the view from the allotment shed window.. Construction of my writing table in the allotment shed is coming on nicely. The hinges fold the table-to-be flat against the wall. The wood in the photo is just for show. The Final table will be larger and stained dark...

Embellished Crabs!

I was just photographing these for ebay when the glossy embossing really shone bright and I noticed the detail in the artwork. I especially like the shiny ruby eye embellishments and the tiny boat and seagull. What was I thinking of? These are taking their rightful place on my revamped bookshelves!