July 2017

20th July, 2017. The best time of day to see the new improved Hull city centre.

Evening ride to Minerva pier, J. Cash tribute about to start on stage erected at water-front, first of four days of music festivals there. Then parked alongside Queen’s Gardens, walked park, fountain and gardens and through to Quenn Victoria Square and sat beside new fountains, all pedestrianisation, re-surfacing and upgrading here and streets around and,

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19th July, 2017.

Personal – Strange weather, some v. strong gusts of wind am and early pm, few light showers, tea when took dog in Baysgarth totally still with black threatening clouds, didn’t rain hard till later in night. Plan to go to Brid. on train didn’t happen. Undercoated upstairs bathroom walls with stinking old left-over paint. R.

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18TH July, 2017.

Following on yesterday’s ‘Personal’ what is it about the seaside? Is it a reflection of our psyche in some way or is it an enduring historical trend. How can it be that on the three caravan parks I visited yesterday most renters/owners pay £4000 ground rent a year in static vans that can cost over

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