Picture the scene if you will…

.. A near deserted beach, golden sands and wide expanses glistening in early morning sun

Two young lovers cavorting, doing that ‘heart with initials and Cupid’s arrow’ thing… Barely clad, gaily kicking sand … Recreating that Deborah Kerr and Burt Reynolds moment from From Here To Eternity (surely a tagline for LEJOG?!)….

Now scratch that image and picture a prematurely elderly bloke bowed under the weight off his rucksack, muttering to himself about bleedin’ sand getting bleedin’ boots, sweating profusely and ignoring any romanticism and hey! that’s me on Perranporth beach.

But worry ye not Dear Reader for ’twas another glorious day on the coast (with the unavoidable distraction of Newquay) with the Return Of the Yellow Orb in the Sky. The day even started in a very auspicious way (steady!) with the morning podcast mentioning yours unruly and playing a special song (these moments between man and woman are truly the mortar in the relationship’s foundation, surely). In case you’re wondering whether it was Radio 1 or 2 it was, er, the Prog Show (yes, the one with Phil Wilding) and you’ve probably guessed that the ditty was Cinema Show by Genesis (of course the live version off of Seconds Out, patch)

Still making good time, 32000 of the blighted today … Stroll on