On my way to Birmingham for lunch with fellow authors and industry people. CCTV? Generally good. Seeing myself on live CCTV? Always alarming.

Would you like to be shouted at by a furious, vicious, pointy-nosed avian? No? Exit it is, then.

First snowball fight of the season last night. Please excuse the casual-wear.

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I suppose I’d better post something. Here’s a peahen outside the Eltermere Inn, snapped during a location research trip earlier this week with Rachel McLean. And sunrise over Elterwater that morning.