Week 191: some trinkets

Friday. Just R and I. Aquarium and a practice school commute in the day (she’s quite excited about her uniform). Up the hill to The Kiosk for the last of their summer pizza nights. we see our neighbours with a kid starting the same school as R in a few weeks and crash their table. The kids go on a little adventure together while I take back all my previous comments about my daughter’s shyness: she is switched on and using her outside voice. Saturday. The same family over for a playdate, then we scoop up Jude from the rain at the station. There are enough breaks in the weather that we get over to the Old Town. Watch a kestrel hunting the cliffs while waves smash the shore. Pop into a couple of antique shops, buy some trinkets and a print. Fail to get Eccles cakes from Judge’s. Sunday. Slow start, then we head to Hastings Pride. It’s family scale, and the energy is lovely. Only slightly unsettling element is the Search and Rescue section of the parade, who join in the party vibe by…