So there goes 8 weeks of summer!
8 weeks in the same hotel – Sanur Seaview Hotel, Sanur, Denprasar, Bali.
After 2 weeks I thought I’d made a mistake, as most of the restaurants and bars along the nearby beach were closed by 9.30 pm. Then I walked off the other way and discovered Santorini Restaurant, Paloma Resto and Barbarossa.
And Bottle Avenue, an off-licence which stays open until midnight.
Then I settled into a pattern. Breakfast at the hotel or the Repro bar. Sit on the beach reading, or sit somewhere writing. Then a long exploring walk or a swim in the pool for the afternoon. Then a restaurant for the evening, and maybe some more writing.
Writing?
The Fairy Hanny blog is full of reflections from my time here. I sit with a diary/journal and just write about what I see or remember. A lot of my journal bits refer to the dirty bastards who smoke in restaurants and I hate the smell!
My fourth book featuring the wonderful Fairy Hanny is typed up as a second draft – first draft is handwritten with a fountain pen! I will put ‘Fairy Hanny and the Knights in White Satin’ aside for a couple of months while I work on one of my other creations. I have the story of Dr. BQ at the boarding school called St. Nedds; or a couple of Inspector Flaange mysteries. Plus the recollections of working on a farm in Switzerland as a counter to my time in Nuclear research at Sellafield.
I know I will be busy.
And I have to consider retiring next year.
Where to? UK, Spain, Thailand, Bali?
Deep thoughts must be thunked!
Fairy Hanny 